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Thursday, 4 July 2024

Arrival of the British Royal Yacht Victoria&Albert at Ostend, Belgium, 1843

Stadsmuseum Oostende, Belgium

Charles-Louis Verboeckhoven. British queen Victoria and Prince Albert arrived on 13 September 1843 and were welcomed by the Belgian king Leopold I. The yacht was laid down by Pembroke Dock in 1842, launched on 25 April 1843, renamed Osborne in 1855 and broken up in 1868. 

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