HMS <i>Fire Queen</i> 1851. An iron paddle steamer, built in Liverpool in 1844 for Mackey &amp; Co, Calcutta merchants. She was bought by the Admiralty in 1847 and listed as a Fleet Tender., based at Portsmouth, she became the tender to HMS Victory between 1854-69, and then to HMS Duke of Wellington between 1870-80. The Admiralty disposed of her in 1883, the name transferred to a Special Service Yacht built in 1882.
<p>H.M.S. Firequeen
</p><p>signed and dated 'P.J.Ouless 1851' (lower left)
</p><p>oil on canvas laid to board
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20.5 x 33.5cm (8 x 13 1/4in).
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19958541" class="extiw" title="d:Q19958541"><span title="British painter and watercolorist (1817-1885)">Philip John Ouless</span></a>
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