Neptune's Warning collar Arthur Mulliner's coachbuilding works

Arthur Mulliner's coachbuilding works

In the foreground two figures are resting having carried out work on the site

designed by Robert Mylne

Alleyn's Almshouses

Neptune's Warning collar Arthur Mulliner's coachbuilding works'Neptune's Warning', 1875. Neptune sits on a small raft, with Britannia held safely on his knee. Recently, two of the new iron clad men of war ships, the Vanguard and Iron Duke had collided off the coast of Ireland. Although there had been no loss of life, the Vanguard had been lost, at the cost of half a million pounds. At the end of November 1875, another incident involved Iron Duke. She was being tested in the Channel when she suddenly began to