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Her Majesty's Ship Albion entering the Bosphorus after the action of 17 October 1854.
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Class overview
Name: Albion
Operators:  Royal Navy
Preceded by: Rodney class
Succeeded by: None
In service: 6 September 1842
Planned: 5
Completed: 3
General characteristics
Type Ship of the line
Length
  • 205 ft 6 in (62.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 170 ft 4 in (51.9 m) (keel)
Beam 54 ft 5 in (16.59 m)
Propulsion Sails
Armament
  • 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders, 4 × 68-pounder carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32-pounders, 6 × 8 in (203.2 mm)
  • Quarterdeck: 16 × 32-pounders, 2 × 8 in (203.2 mm)
  • Forecastle: 8 × 32-pounders
Notes Ships in class include: Albion, Aboukir, Exmouth

The Albion-class ships of the line were a class of two-deck 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Symonds. The first two were originally ordered in March 1840 as 80-gun ships of the Vanguard class, but were re-ordered to a new design of 90 guns some three months later. Three more ships to this design were ordered in March 1840, but two of these (Princess Royal and Hannibal) were re-ordered to fresh designs in 1847.

Ships

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Ordered: 18 March 1839
Launched: 6 September 1842
Fate: Broken up, 1884
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Ordered: 18 March 1839
Launched: 4 April 1848
Fate: Broken up, 1878
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Ordered: 12 March 1840
Launched: 12 July 1854
Fate: Broken up, 1905
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