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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Wm. Carrick, P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Mersey), impressed naming, good very fine £100-120

At the time of her launching in August 1858, the frigate H.M.S. Mersey - in common with her consort the Orlando - was the largest, longest and most powerful single-decked wooden fighting ship in the world.