HMS TRINCOMALEE VISITING HARTLEPOOL 1862 In Gallery / PORTS, HARBOURS & HAVENS

HMS TRINCOMALEE VISITING HARTLEPOOL 1862

Trincomalee is making a courtesy visit for recruitment, showing a pilot jack at the bowsprit and sailors trimming the sails to perfection. The oldest Royal Navy vessel afloat, she was built in 1817 in India. The Napoleonic wars had used up so many trees in ships' construction that she was contract...