HMS Albion (1842)
HMS Albion entering the Bosphorus, partially dismasted after the action of 17 October 1854. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Albion |
| Ordered | 21 June 1839 |
| Builder | Plymouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | 13 August 1839 |
| Launched | 6 September 1842 |
| Completed | 23 January 1844 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Albion-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 4,000 tons (4064.2 tonnes) |
| Tons burthen | 3,111 tons bm |
| Length | 204 ft (62 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 60 ft 2.5 in (18.352 m) |
| Depth of hold | 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 800 officers and men |
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HMS Albion was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Ordered in 1839, she was built at Plymouth Dockyard, launched on 6 September 1842, and completed on 23 January 1844. Albion was designed by Sir William Symonds, was the only ship of her class to ever serve as a sailing ship, and the last British two-decker to be completed and enter service without a steam engine. She was the name ship of a class of three second rates—the others being Aboukir and Exmouth.