Figurehead of HMS 'Russell', representing Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford. On the left side is a shield bearing the Union flag is inscribed with the name 'LA HOGUE'. This refers to Russell's victory over the French in 1692 in the bay of La Hogue (near Cherbourg) which neutralized the threat of the exiled James II invading England to reclaim his throne from his joint-monarch son-in-law and daughter, King William III and Mary II. The ship was a 74-gun third-rate launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1822 after eight years on the stocks. She was converted to a screw auxiliary in 1855 and broken-up in 1865.