Albatross (disambiguation)

Albatross is a type of seabird.

The word albatross is also frequently employed to mean "long-term impediment; burden; curse", ("see" Albatross (metaphor)). Such use is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".

Albatross or Albatros may also refer to:

Aeronautics

* The Albatros, the propellor-sustained airship in Jules Verne's novel "Robur the Conqueror"
* Aero L-39 Albatros and Aero L-59 Super Albatros, a series of Czech jet trainer aircraft
* Albatros Airways, an Albanian airline
* Albatros Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturer that built a series of biplane fighters such as the Albatros D.III during World War I
* de Havilland Albatross, a four-engine British transport aircraft in the 1930s
* Gossamer Albatross, a human powered airplane
* HU-16 Albatross, an American amphibious plane
* Beriev A-40 Albatros, a Russian amphibious plane

Automobiles

* Albatros (automobile), a British automobile
* Albatross (automobile), an American automobile
* Albatros (1912 automobile), a French automobile

Gaming

* Albatros (joystick), an Italian 1980s joystick
* Albatross ("Rolling Thunder"), video game character in the "Rolling Thunder" series

Golf

* Albatross (golf), a golf term meaning three strokes under par
* Albatross18, a free online golf game from OGplanet

Naval ships

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* Albatros (19th century ship), an American-owned ship which brought news of the outbreak of the War of 1812 to W. P. Hunt
* Albatros class fast attack craft, a class of German ships
* Albatros (1899) A Ketch built in 1899, the last to sail commercially in European waters.
* MS Albatros, a cruise liner
* SS Albatros, originally built as RMS Sylvania and named "Albatros" from 1993 - 2003.

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* Albatross (ship, built in 1920), a Dutch/German sailing ship that was later used as a training ship
* HMAS Albatross (air station), a Royal Australian Navy base
* HMAS Albatross (seaplane tender), a Royal Australian Navy ship
* NOAA Ship Albatross IV, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel
* USS Albatross (1861), an American Civil War-era ship
* USS Albatross (1882), a 19th century research ship
* USS Albatross (SP-1003), a U.S. Navy launch built in 1912
* USS Albatross (AM-71), A U.S. Navy minesweeper, and the only ship in the Albatross class

Music

* Albatross (composition), a guitar-based instrumental by Fleetwood Mac
* "Albatross", a song by Corrosion of Conformity
* An Albatross, an American artcore/grindcore band
* "Albatross", a song written and recorded by Public Image Ltd. on their 1979 album "Metal Box"
* "Albatross", a song written and recorded by Judy Collins on her 1967 album "Wildflowers"
* "Albatross", an unreleased song by Brave Saint Saturn
* "Albatross", the first album by The Classic Crime
* "Albatross", the fifth album by The Standard (band)

Other

* Albatross, Missouri, United States
* Albatross (horse), a bay horse by Meadow Skipper out of Voodoo Hanover by Dancer Hanover
* Albatross (metaphor), an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
* Albatross (Monty Python sketch), a sketch by Monty Python
* "Albatross" ("TAS" episode), an episode of "Star Trek: The Animated Series"
* Albatross Books, a German publishing house based in Hamburg that produced the first modern mass market paperback books
* "The Albatross" a 1971 novella by Susan Hill
* Albatross Foundation USA, an environmental group
* Grupo Albatros, a special operations service of the Argentine Naval Prefecture
* Albatros Sea-Air Service, a mode of transport combining ocean and airfreight into one seamless movement.
* Albatross, a US lesbian magazine.
* "The Albatross" is the nickname of former professional swimmer Michael Gross.