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The Naval Review: the Pivot-Ships "Rodney" and "London" - drawn by E. Weedon, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire. '...there was a flotilla of forty mortar-boats and floats. The sailing line-of-battle ships London and Rodney [90 guns each] were placed as the pivot-vessels....[They] were anchored about a mile to the E.N.E. of the Nab light...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.