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
Royal Albert Hall Armed Man" in person. On 19 November 2012, the Hall hosted the 100th anniversary performance of the Royal Variety Performance, attended by the HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Duke of Edinburgh, with boyband One Direction among the performers. During his Rattle That Lock Tour, David Gilmour performed at the Royal Albert Hall eleven times between September 2015 and September 2016, once in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. On 3 May 2016, singer-songwriter and Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell played at the hall what would become the last UK show of his life as part of his "Higher Truth" European tour.