HMS Albatross
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Six ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird
, the Albatross
. A seventh was planned but never completed:
was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1807. was a survey schooner
purchased in 1826 and sold in 1833. was a 16-gun brig
launched in 1842 and broken up in 1860.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird
Seabird
Seabirds are birds that have adapted to life within the marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution, as the same environmental problems and feeding niches have resulted in similar adaptations...
, the Albatross
Albatross
Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels in the order Procellariiformes . They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific...
. A seventh was planned but never completed:
was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1807. was a survey schooner
Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
purchased in 1826 and sold in 1833. was a 16-gun brig
Brig
A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
launched in 1842 and broken up in 1860.
- HMS Albatross was to have been a wood screw sloopScrew sloopA screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's screws...
. She was ordered in 1862 but was cancelled in 1863. was a Fantome classFantome class sloopThe Fantome class was a six-ship class of 4-gun screw composite sloops built for the Royal Navy during 1873 and 1874.-Construction:Fantome and her sister ships were constructed of an iron frame sheathed with teak and copper ....
composite screw sloop launched in 1873 and broken up in 1889. was a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1898, reclassified as a C class destroyerC class destroyer (1913)The C class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the late-1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications. The uniting feature of the class was a top speed of 30 knots, a...
in 1913 and sold in 1920. - HMAS Albatross was a seaplane tenderSeaplane tenderA seaplane tender is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.-History:...
launched in 1928 for the Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian NavyThe Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...
. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1938, and converted to a repair ship in 1942. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and was sold for scrapping in 1954.