HMS Albion
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Nine ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion
, an archaic name for Great Britain
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was a 74-gun third-rate
ship of the line
launched in 1763. She was converted into a floating battery in 1794 and was wrecked in 1797. was a 22-gun armed sloop
. She was an ex-merchant vessel, hired by the Navy between 1793 and 1794, and purchased outright in 1798. She was sold in 1803. was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1802. She was used for harbour service from 1831 and was broken up in 1836.
Other RN vessels named "Albion" were;
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 Albion after Albion
Albion
Albion is the oldest known name of the island of Great Britain. Today, it is still sometimes used poetically to refer to the island or England in particular. It is also the basis of the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland, Alba...
, an archaic name for Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
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was a 74-gun third-rate
Third-rate
In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost...
ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
launched in 1763. She was converted into a floating battery in 1794 and was wrecked in 1797. was a 22-gun armed sloop
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
. She was an ex-merchant vessel, hired by the Navy between 1793 and 1794, and purchased outright in 1798. She was sold in 1803. was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1802. She was used for harbour service from 1831 and was broken up in 1836.
- HMS Albion (1802) was a six-gun cutter released from service in 1808.
- HMS Albion (1808) was a six-gun cutter released from service in 1812. was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1842. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1861 and was broken up in 1884. was a Canopus-classCanopus class battleshipThe Canopus class was a group of six pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy which were designed by Sir William White for use in the Far East and entered service between 1899 and 1902. The lead ship was which was followed by , , , and...
Pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1898 and sold in 1919. was a Centaur-classCentaur class aircraft carrierThe Centaur class of aircraft carriers of the British Royal Navy was the last of the light fleet carrier designs started during the closing years of World War II.-Ships In Class:HMS Centaur...
aircraft carrierAircraft carrierAn aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
launched in 1947. She was converted into a commando carrier in 1962, sold in 1973, resold later that year and then broken up. is an Albion-classAlbion class landing platform dockThe Albion class is a class of landing platform dock, and are the newest amphibious assault vessels in the Royal Navy fleet. The class consists of two vessels, and and they were ordered in 1996 under a programme known as LPD to replace the aging Fearless class...
Landing Platform Dock ship launched in 2001 and currently in service. Current Flagship of the Fleet (June 2011).
Other RN vessels named "Albion" were;
- Albion II, an armed trawler taken-up in 1915 and sunk by a mine in 1916.
- Albion II, a BristolBristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
paddle steamerPaddle steamerA paddle steamer is a steamship or riverboat, powered by a steam engine, using paddle wheels to propel it through the water. In antiquity, Paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans...
used for minesweepingMinesweeper (ship)A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
in 1915. - Albion III, a steam yachtYachtA yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...
, taken-up from 1916 to 1919.
Battle honours
- AlgiersBombardment of AlgiersThe Bombardment of Algiers was an attempt by Britain to end the slavery practices of the Dey of Algiers. An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Exmouth bombarded ships and the harbour defences of Algiers....
1816 - NavarinoBattle of NavarinoThe naval Battle of Navarino was fought on 20 October 1827, during the Greek War of Independence in Navarino Bay , on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. A combined Ottoman and Egyptian armada was destroyed by a combined British, French and Russian naval force...
1827 - CrimeaCrimean WarThe Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
1854-5 - DardanellesNaval operations in the Dardanelles CampaignThe naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign of the First World War were mainly carried out by the Royal Navy with substantial support from the French and minor contributions from Russia and Australia. The Dardanelles Campaign began as a purely naval operation...
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