Launch of HMS 'Royal Albert', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Finish:none It was built to provide

It was built to provide a direct link between the Thames and the River Lee Navigation

Oval portrait of David Garrick

with civic dignitaries

carrying a large bundle of brooms fastened to a stick

with Southwark to the south of the River Thames and part of a key below

Launch of HMS 'Royal Albert', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Finish:none It was built to provideLaunch of HMS 'Royal Albert', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent, 1854. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were among those attending the ceremony. The 'Royal Albert' was a 121 gun three decker warship. Originally designed as a sailing vessel she was converted to screw propulsion during construction. 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.