HMS Albacore (1804)
Albacore | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Albacore |
| Namesake | Albacore |
| Ordered | 27 November 1802 |
| Builder | James Martin Hillhouse, Bristol |
| Laid down | March 1803 |
| Launched | 10 May 1804 |
| Commissioned | May 1804 |
| Fate | Sold 1815 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 36965⁄94 (bm) |
| Complement | 121 |
| Armament |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Albicore |
| Launched | 1815 by purchase |
| Fate | Lost 12 October 1821 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 375 (bm) |
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HMS Albacore (or HMS Albicore) was launched in 1804 in Bristol. She participated in two notable actions. The British Royal Navy sold her in 1815 and she became a merchantman, sailing out of Guernsey. She was lost on 12 October 1821 while sailing from Buenos Aires to Barbados.