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H.M.S Albion, 90 Guns.
H.M.S Albion, 90 Guns. To Captain Lockyer and the Officers of the Ship this print is respectfully dedicated by their very obedient Servant.
H.A Luscombe del.t _T G. Dutton Lith.
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Rare lithograph, sheet 360 x 445mm (14¼ x 17½"). A few nicks to edges. Adbrasion causing very slight obstruction to the dedication line.
Lithograph showing the H.M.S Albion from her port side. The print is dedicated to Captain Nicholas Lockyer (1781-1847), who died on 27 February, 1847, aged 65, while in command of the Albion at Malta. HMS Albion was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Ordered in 1839, she was built at Plymouth Dockyard, launched on 6 September 1842, and completed on 23 January 1844. Albion was designed by Sir William Symonds (1782–1856) was the only ship of her class to ever serve as a sailing ship, and the last British two-decker to be completed and enter service without a steam engine. She was the name ship of a class of three second rates; the others being Aboukir and Exmouth.
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