HMS Alban
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alban. Another was planned but never completed:
- HMS Alban (1806) was a 10-gun schooner launched in 1806. She was in Danish hands between 1810 and 1811 and was wrecked on 18 December 1812 at Aldeburgh, Suffolk during a storm; only one seaman and a woman survived.[1]
- HMS Alban (1813) was a 14-gun schooner, previously the American 4-gun letter of marque William Bayard. She was captured in 1813 by HMS Warspite and Pheasant,[2] and was broken up in 1822.
- HMS Alban (1826) was a wooden paddle vessel launched in 1826, later rebuilt, and finally broken up in 1860.
- HMS Alban was to have been a Philomel-class gunvessel. She was laid down in 1860 but cancelled in 1863.
See also
References
- Citations
- ↑ Hepper (1994), p.144.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16712. p. 550. 16 March 1813.
- Bibliography
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3
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