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in the following year. The frigate's figurehead, originally carved by the
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became a school and training ship on the River Thames, preparing young boys for maritime careers, until she was broken up in 1934.
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and was launched on 26 June 1849. She had a tonnage of 2,132 and was designed with a V-shaped hull by
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41:Training-Ship for Boys, at Greenhithe, 1875
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288:Length
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