Our Merchant Navy wonders of the world Vincenzo Lunardi successfully ascended from

Vincenzo Lunardi successfully ascended from the Artillery Ground at Moorfields in this red and white silk hydrogen balloon and flew to Ware

pictured watching the Tattoo in the gardens of Bruhl

4 litre 6 cylinder engine producing 190 hp was standard

has tripped over and lost his wig

Our Merchant Navy wonders of the world Vincenzo Lunardi successfully ascended from'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