HMS Albion (1798)

History
Great Britain
Name	Albion
Launched	1797, Sunderland
Fate	Sold 1798
Great Britain
Name	HMS Albion
Acquired	April 1798 by purchase
Commissioned	May 1798
Fate	Sold 1803
United Kingdom
Name	Albion
Acquired	1803 by purchase
Fate	Possibly foundered in August 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen	36010⁄94, or 365 (bm)
Length	Overall: 93 ft 10+1⁄2 in (28.6 m); Keel: 76 ft 11+1⁄8 in (23.4 m);
Beam	29 ft 8 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 0+1⁄2 in (4.0 m)
Complement	125
Armament	Mercantile (1797): 4 × 3-pounder guns; Royal Navy: 20 × 32-pounder carronades; Mercantile (1804): 20 × 18-pounder carronades;
Notes	Although some sources identify this Albion with a Hired armed ship Albion that served the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1794, that Albion had a burthen of 393 tons.

HMS Albion was the mercantile Albion launched at Sunderland in 1797 that the Royal Navy purchased in 1798. The Navy sold her at Sheerness in 1803. She became a transport. It is possible that she foundered in August 1808.

History

Great Britain
Name	Albion
Launched	1797, Sunderland
Fate	Sold 1798
Great Britain
Name	HMS Albion
Acquired	April 1798 by purchase
Commissioned	May 1798
Fate	Sold 1803
United Kingdom
Name	Albion
Acquired	1803 by purchase
Fate	Possibly foundered in August 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen	36010⁄94, or 365 (bm)
Length	Overall: 93 ft 10+1⁄2 in (28.6 m) Keel: 76 ft 11+1⁄8 in (23.4 m)
Beam	29 ft 8 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 0+1⁄2 in (4.0 m)
Complement	125
Armament	Mercantile (1797): 4 × 3-pounder guns Royal Navy: 20 × 32-pounder carronades Mercantile (1804): 20 × 18-pounder carronades
Notes	Although some sources identify this Albion with a Hired armed ship Albion that served the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1794, that Albion had a burthen of 393 tons.