Albion-class ship of the line (1842)

Albion-class ship of the line (1842)
Her Majesty's Ship Albion entering the Bosphorus after the Action of 17 October 1854.
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 (16.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	90 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 4 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 6 × 8 in (203.2 mm) Quarterdeck: 16 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 8 in (203.2 mm) Forecastle: 8 × 32 pdrs
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

• HMS Albion

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

Ordered: 18 March 1839

Launched: 6 September 1842

Fate: Broken up, 1884

• HMS Aboukir

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

Ordered: 18 March 1839

Launched: 4 April 1848

Fate: Broken up, 1878

• HMS Exmouth

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

Ordered: 12 March 1840

Launched: 12 July 1854

Fate: Broken up, 1905

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif (2004) The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.