H.M.S. LION (VICTORIAN 1847)

SAILORS CAP TALLY. FULL LENGTH
Lion was ordered from Pembroke Dockyard on 18 March 1840 and laid down the following July. She was launched on 29 July 1847 and completed on 26 September. The ship was not fitted out and Lion was placed in ordinary. Her construction cost £59,113. Between February 1858 and May 1859, she was fitted with steam propulsion

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