Launch of HMS 'Thunderer', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Finish:none Hanover Square

Hanover Square

'Any Old Iron take Mony for'

and the top skirt has been gathered up to reveal more decoration on the skirts underneath

and members of the Court of Common Council and high officers can be seen wearing their official robes

'Pray remember the blind'

Launch of HMS 'Thunderer', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent Finish:none Hanover SquareLaunch of HMS 'Thunderer', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent, 1831. King William IV and Queen Adelaide were among those attending the ceremony. 'Thunderer' was an 84 gun second 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.