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Lot Essay
HMS Queen was a 110-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 May 1839 at Portsmouth. She was the last sailing battleship to be completed before the advent of steam. In 1842 she was visited by Queen Victoria. In 1854, she participated in the bombardment of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. She was set on fire three times and eventually forced to withdraw from the action. The ship was broken up in 1871.