Our Merchant Navy mb-code 2595134 c1830-1860

c1830-1860

A procession in Farringdon Street passing under Holborn Viaduct

shouts outside Alderman Wood's house in South Audley Street

Bobby Windsor

Our Merchant Navy mb-code 2595134 c1830-1860'Our Merchant Navy', 1874. Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh refers to Britain's need for fit and ready sailors. Mr Samuel Plimsoll was pursuing his fight against the often deliberate overloading and subsequent loss of ships and crews. This cartoon relates to a visit by the Duke of Edinburgh in September 1874 to Liverpool where he had opened a new Seamen's Orphanage. In his speech, he referred to the need for new recruitment of sailors. From Punch, or the