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267 Whitechapel Road

'Passing a Mud Cart'

This was originally the site of the Swan with Two Necks Inn

holding a standard or flag

Launch of HMS 'Thunderer', Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent mb-artist C_John_M_Whichelo 267 Whitechapel RoadLaunch 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.

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