Image: Prince of Wales Blackwall Frigate

Description: The Prince of Wales was a large vessel specially fitted-out for the conveyance of the East India Company's troops. She was built by Green's of Blackwall in 1842 to a design known as that of the "Blackwall Frigates" - Indiamen with the single-decked appearance of frigates. The ship is shown anchored off Gravesend, with Tilbury Fort on the north Bank of the Thames under her bow. The river vessels in the left foreground include a swim-head, ketch-rigged Thames barge with a load of baled hay. A merchantman flying the Blue Peter flag is passing down stream under pilot between the 'Prince of Wales' and the fort, and other shipping can be seen further down river on the right.
Title: The East Indiaman 'Prince of Wales' disembarking troops off Gravesend, 1845 BHC3560
Credit: https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15033.html 1. Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., (Original text: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London), (17 October 2009 (original upload date)), Original uploader was Acad Ronin at en.wikipedia 2. Royal Museums Greenwich
Author: John Lynn (British, active early 19th century)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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