Devonport launch of frigate HMS Avenger antique print

Devonport Dockyard launch of HMS Avenger a paddle-wheel frigate in 1845. Her engines were fitted at Deptford Dockyard, on the River Thames, before returning to Devonport for ‘fitting out’ and commissioning. On a passage from Gibraltar, she ran aground on the Sorelli Rocks off the Island of Galitand, near Malta, and was wrecked. Antique print published 1845. Full page (includes story) will be supplied (see Product Gallery.) Complete page size approx. 16 x 10.75 inches. Fold at the centre not affecting launch image.