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A COPY LETTER BOOK FROM H.M.S. DUKE OF WELLINGTON, 1886-88
addressed Portsmouth, 16 February 1886 - 8 April 1888, in a contemporary hand, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, worn, small folio, dealing with such subjects as ‘Prevention of Contagious Diseases’, ‘Imprisonment and Punishment of Leave Breaking’ and ‘Rum Ration-proposed substitution of Beer’ -- 12½ x 8in. (32 x 20.5cm.)
The Duke of Wellington was launched in 1852 with the original name of H.M.S. Windsor Castle and for a while, on paper at least, was the most powerful warship in the world and the largest yet built for the Royal Navy. She first saw service in the Baltic during the Crimean War, but owing to engine faults, saw no service in that campaign. She ended up as the flagship of the Port Admiral at Portsmouth from 1869 to 1891 and was broken up in 1904.
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