[HMY Victoria and Albert.] ...Named and Launched by Lady Milford, at H.M. Yard Pembroke Dock the 16th January 1855.
[c.1860.]
Pencil and ink drawing on card, within decorative embossed frame; dimensions and caption in ink mss. Total sheet 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼").
Attractive amateur sketch of HMY Victoria and Albert, a 360 foot steamer launched 1855, a Royal Yacht of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom until 1900, owned and operated by the Royal Navy. She displaced 2,470 tons, and could make 15 knots on her paddles. There were 240 crew. She was scrapped c.1904.
[Ref: 15286] £140.00
Pencil and ink drawing on card, within decorative embossed frame; dimensions and caption in ink mss. Total sheet 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼").
Attractive amateur sketch of HMY Victoria and Albert, a 360 foot steamer launched 1855, a Royal Yacht of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom until 1900, owned and operated by the Royal Navy. She displaced 2,470 tons, and could make 15 knots on her paddles. There were 240 crew. She was scrapped c.1904.
[Ref: 15286] £140.00