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| Name | Albion (1842) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | Type | Two-decker |
| Launched (Sail) | 6 September 1842 | Converted to screw | 21 May 1861 |
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 204 feet |
| Propulsion | Sail | Men | 830 |
| Builders measure | 3111 tons | Builders measure (as screw) | 3111 tons |
| Displacement | Displacement (as screw) | 4382 tons | |
| Guns | 90 | Guns (as screw) | 91 |
| Fate | 1884 | Last in commission | - |
| Class | Albion | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Snippets concerning career prior to conversion | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 6 September 1842 | Launched as 2nd rate sailing ship at Plymouth Dockyard. | ||
| 10 November 1843 - 27 February 1847 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Captain Nicholas Lockyer, flagship of Admiral David Milne, Devonport, then Lisbon, then Channel squadron (until Lockyer died), (also 1844 experimental squadron and 1845 experimental squadron) | ||
| 3 March 1847 - 22 January 1848 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain Charles Howe Fremantle, Mediterranean | ||
| 30 May 1850 - 12 July 1852 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, Mediterranean | ||
| 2 July 1852 - 7 July 1855 | Commanded by Captain Stephen Lushington, Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War, when he was in command of the Naval Brigade ashore from the beginning of the siege of Sevastopol to 19 July 1854) | ||
| 27 July 1855 - 5 January 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain James Robert Drummond, Mediterranean | ||
| Career as unarmoured wooden screw vessel | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 21 May 1861 | Completed as screw at Devonport Dockyard. | ||
| 22 May 1861 | Never fitted for sea as screw ship | ||
| August 1884 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
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| Th 6 June 1844 | The Indus, 78, Captain Sir J. Stirling, arrived at Plymouth on Friday night from Lisbon, which she left on the 3d ult. Private letters from her complain bitterly of the length of the passage and the shortness of provisions; the latter consequent on having supplied a great portion of her own to the Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer. The Indus is ordered to be paid off forthwith, another grievance to the officers and crew, who for the most part belong to Portsmouth and its vicinity. The worst part of the business is the serious pecuniary loss inflicted on the crew, who being numerously connected by family ties with Portsmouth, have to travel hither at great expense and inconvenience. It is, however, reported, that Government steamers will be employed to convey the crew to this port, at least such as are connected. with it. We hope the report is correct. The Malabar, 72, Commander Macdonnell (Captain Sir G.R. Sartorius being on sick leave at Lisbon), will be paid off this day. The same complaint is made by the crew of this ship as with the Indus, most of her hands belonging to Devonport, where she was commissioned. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Henry Eden, flag-ship of Sir George Seymour, G.C.H., appointed to the chief command on the North American station, is out of dock and completing her fitting in the basin; she is short of her full complement of hands by about 150, but these will doubtless be made up from the Malabar, just paid off, the Collingwood having a first-rate character as a well known "crack” craft. | ||
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| Fr 9 July 1847 | The following ships have served the usual period of commission (three years); many have exceeded that term, and are on their way home to be paid off or are ordered to return as soon as relieved:—
EAST INDIA STATION. The Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief; having been relieved by the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, Rear-Admiral Inglefield.The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood. The Castor, 36, Captain Graham. The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy. The Pilot, 16, Commander Wilson. The Wolf, 16, Commander Vansittart. The Spiteful steam sloop, Commander Sir W. Hoste, Bart. MEDITERRANEAN. The Albion, 90, Captain Fremantle. The America, 50, Captain Sir T. Maitland. The Flamer steam sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Lavie.The Hecla steam sloop, Commander Starmer. The Virago steam sloop, Commander Lunn. PACIFIC STATION. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief.The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze. The Modeste, 18, Captain Watkins. The Cormorant steam sloop, Commander Seymour. THE BRAZILS. The Curaçoa, 24, Captain Broughton.The Racer, 16, Commander Reed. The Satellite, 16, Commander Rowley. THE WEST INDIES. The Hermes steam sloop, Commander Carr.COAST OF AFRICA. The Prometheus steam sloop, Commander Hay.The Sealark, 6, Acting-Commander Whyte. COAST OF IRELAND. The Comet steam sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Johnstone.The Stromboli steam sloop, Commander Fisher. | ||
| Tu 25 December 1855 | Her Majesty's ship Albion, 90, Captain the Hon. James R. Drummond, which arrived at Plymouth on Saturday afternoon, left Gibraltar on the 20th of November. She encountered strong easterly winds all the passage, and was within a short distance of the port for five days previous to entering. All the supernumerary officers and men who assisted to navigate the Hibernia from Plymouth to Malta have returned by her. The Albion has a full complement of seamen, but no marines, they having landed on the Crimea and formed part of the marine battalion against Sebastopol. She is in a tolerably effective state, and after discharging her ammunition will go into Hamoaze. The Albion was put in commission in May, 1850. Her present captain has been five months in command. | ||
| Su 1 January 1860 | The Albion, 90, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, was towed from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze on Thursday by the Confiance and Zephyr steam vessels. Her crew are to be paid off, she having been in commission. upwards of five years. | ||
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