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Albion

HMS Albion

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
WarCrimean War
Main guns4 × 68-pounder guns

90-gun second rate. Set on fire and badly damaged under the forts at Sevastopol, and towed out of action.

Her Majesty's Ship Albion Entering the Bosphorus after the Action of the 17 October 1854 Repro ID: x2045 . 'Albion' was a 90-gun, 2nd rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Her first military action was in the Crimean War during the siege of Sevastopol on 17 October 1854. She is depicted, partiall Photo: Louis Le Breton, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

90 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders, 4 × 68-pounder carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32-pounders, 6 × 8 in shell guns (203.2 mm)
  • Quarterdeck: 16 × 32-pounders, 2 × 8 in shell guns (203.2 mm)
  • Forecastle: 8 × 32-pounders
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid down13 August 1839
Launched6 September 1842
Displacement4,000 tons (4064.2 tonnes)
Length204 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
Complement800 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

6 September 1842

17 October 1854

Set on fire; towed out

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1884