File:Guadalupe Frigate 1842 (Mexico).jpg

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English: Lithograph of the Mexican 2-gun paddlewheel frigate ‘Guadalupe’ under steam and sail in a stiff breeze, with vessels to her right and left. Her deck is lined with figures fore and aft. One of her two 68-pounder Pivot Guns is visible in her stern. Seagulls effortlessly skim the choppy waves, lending a lively atmosphere to the portrait. The first full-blown warship with a metal hull, the 1842 steam frigate Guadelupe. Constructed from French Naval Plans in the British shipyard of Jonathan Laird in Birkenhead, England
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Source National Maritinme Museum RMG
Author Lithogra[her: George Hawkins (1809–1852); Drawn by Thomas B. Horner R.N.

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