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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
ALBION 3rd rate sailing ships-of-the-line (1802-1810)
Ships
Name |
No | Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion | Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall | 6.1800 | 17.6.1802 | 27.8.1802 | lazarette 7.1831 | ||
| Hero | Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall | 8.1800 | 18.8.1803 | 28.11.1803 | wrecked 25.12.1811 | ||
| Illustrious | Randall & Brent, Rotherhithe | 2.1801 | 3.9.1803 | 30.12.1803 | guardship 3.1848 | ||
| Marlborough | Barnard, Deptford | 8.1805 | 22.6.1807 | 31.8.1807 | BU 7.1835 | ||
| York | Brent, Rotherhithe | 8.1805 | 7.7.1807 | 16.9.1807 | convict ship 11.1819 | ||
| Sultan | Dudman, Deptford | 12.1805 | 19.9.1807 | 29.11.1807 | receiving ship 12.1861 | ||
| Hannibal | Adams, Bucklers Hard | 12.1805 | 5.1810 | 7.9.1810 | lazarette 8.1825 | ||
| Royal Oak | Dudman, Deptford | 6.1806 | 4.3.1809 | 16.3.1809 | receiving ship 12.1825 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1730bm |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 53.3 gundeck |
| Breadth, m | 14.5 |
| Draught, m | 6.25 hold depth |
| No of shafts | |
| Machinery | sails |
| Power, h. p. | |
| Max speed, kts | |
| Fuel, t | |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 28 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 14 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 32 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 139/8 18pdr carronades |
| Complement | 640 |
Project history
74-gun two-deckers of Henslow modified Fame design.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Hero wrecked in the storm on the Haak Sand off Texel, Netherlands 25.12.1811.
