HMS Prince Consort (1862) HMS Prince Consort (1862) HMS "Prince Consort" was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy. Laid down as HMS "Triumph", at HM Royal Dockyard, Pembroke as a 91-gun screw second-rate line-of-battle ship, she was renamed HMS "Prince Consort" on 14 February 1862 following the death of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the Prince Consort of Her Royal Highness Queen Victoria. Her first posting after commissioning was to Liverpool; on her passage there, in an Irish Sea gale, it was found that she did not have enough scuppers fitted to discharge seawater coming aboard, and almost
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (The New Seekers album) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (The New Seekers album) Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a 1972 double-album by British pop group The New Seekers. The album was released in November, having been recorded some months earlier. No singles were released from the album, although a new (studio) single was released at the same time, "Come Softly To Me". The album failed to chart in the UK, their first album for two years not to do so. The album was released in a gatefold sleeve and included a cardboard 3D model of the group on stage. In the