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'Men for the Fleet!', 1859. In May 1959, Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria's second son, was appointed aboard HMS 'Euryalus'. Although he is depicted as a child in this cartoon, he would have been about 15 years old at the time of his appointment. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 14, 1859.