[HMS Alfred [originally HMS Asia] (1811), a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.] Manuscript statement of ‘Armament of H. M. Ship Alfred June 26th. 1833.-’

Launched at Frindsbury in 1811 as HMS Asia, played an active role in the War of 1812: in the bombardment Fort McHenry, and the attack on New Orleans, and sharing in the proceeds of the capture of the American vessels in the Battle of Lake Borgne in 1814. She was renamed HMS Alfred in 1819. By the time of this item she had been reduced to a 50-gun fourth rate Frigate. She was eventually broken up in 1865. 1p, small 4to. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. On reverse: ‘Armament / of / H. M. Ship / Alfred’. The front page, in the same hand, is headed: ‘Armament of H. M. Ship Alfred / June 26th. 1833.-’ Arranged in five rows, the first three ‘Guns’ (a total of 50) and the last two ‘For Boats’ (4). Arranged under columns for ‘Pdrs [pounders]’ in feet and inches, with the numbers of each and the weighth in ‘Cwt’. As an example, the first row under ‘Guns’ has twenty-eight 32-pounders of 9 feet 6 inches, at 56 cwt.