The independencia, brazilian frigate, after the attempted launch at blackwall. Illustration for the illustrated london news, 15 august 1874. The brazilian battleship independencia was damaged while being launched on july 30, 1874. The story was told in the september 19, 1874 issue of scientific america along with this illustration, taken from illustrated london news. Independencia was eventually bought by the royal navy and became hms neptune. Date: 15 August 1874.
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