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Launch of HMS Albion at Blackwall, The (1898)
 

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The launch of the battleship Albion at Thames Iron Works on the River Lea, 21 June 1898.

Taken from a position high above, the whole of the battleship is seen (in long shot) coming down the slipway towards the camera and entering the water.