HMS Albacore

HMS Albacore

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Albacore", after the Albacore, a species of fish:

*HMS|Albacore|1781|6 was a 16-gun sloop, formerly the American privateer "Royal Louis". She was captured in 1781 by HMS|Nymphe|1780|6 and HMS|Amphion|1780|6 and was sold in 1784.
*HMS|Albacore|1793|6 was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1793 and sold in 1802.
*HMS|Albacore|1804|6 was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and sold in 1815.
*HMS|Albacore|1828|6 was a schooner launched in 1828 and sold in 1832.
*HMS|Albacore|1856|6 was a wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856, the nameship of the 1855 "Albacore" class. She was used as a tank vessel from 1874, was hulked in 1882 and was broken up in 1885.
*HMS|Albacore|1883|6 was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1883, the nameship of the 1883 "Albacore" class. She was sold in 1906.
*HMS|Albacore|1909|6 was a destroyer launched in 1906 and purchased in 1909. She was reclassified as a B class destroyer in 1913 and was sold in 1919.
*HMS|Albacore|J101|6 was an "Algerine" class minesweeper launched in 1942 and broken up in 1963.


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