Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent courtesan Sir James Shaw

Sir James Shaw

holding an oar on the boom of which is inscribed 'Moll Muggins

View of the Royal Exchange's west front

Scene of a bull rampaging through Smithfield Market

Interior of sale room in East India House

Launch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent courtesan Sir James ShawLaunch of HMS 'Trafalgar', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent, 1841. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were among those attending the ceremony, which was watched by an estimated 500,000 people. 'Trafalgar' was a 120 gun first rate ship of the line. Woolwich Dockyard was founded by Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship 'Henri Grace a Dieu' (the 'Great Harry'), the largest warship of its time.