HMS Albion

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Albion" after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain, or specifically England:

*HMS "Albion" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1763. She was converted into a floating battery in 1794 and was wrecked in 1797.
*HMS "Albion" was a 22-gun armed sloop. She was an ex-merchant vessel, hired by the Navy between 1793 and 1794, and purchased outright in 1798. She was sold in 1803.
*HMS "Albion" was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1802. She was used for harbour service from 1831 and was broken up in 1836.
*HMS "Albion" was a 90-gun second-rate launched in 1842. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1861 and was broken up in 1884.
*HMS "Albion" was a "Canopus"-class Pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1898 and sold in 1919.
*HMS "Albion" was a "Centaur"-class aircraft carrier launched in 1947. She was converted into a commando carrier in 1962, sold in 1973, resold later that year and then broken up.
*HMS "Albion" is an "Albion" class Landing Platform Dock ship launched in 2001 and currently in service.

Battle Honours

* Algiers 1816
* Navarino 1827
* Crimea 1854-5
* Dardanelles 1915

References

*Colledge