Albion class ship of the line (1842)

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Her Majesty's Ship Albion entering the Bosphorus after the Action of 17 October 1854.
Class overview
Name:	Albion
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Rodney-class
Succeeded by:	None
In service:	6 September 1842
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	205 ft 6 in (62.6 m) (gundeck) 170 ft 4 in (51.9 m) (keel)
Beam:	54 ft 5 in (16.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	90 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 4 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 6 × 8 in (203.2 mm) Quarterdeck: 16 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 8 in (203.2 mm) Forecastle: 8 × 32 pdrs
Notes:	Ships in class include: Albion, Aboukir, Exmouth

The Albion-class ships of the line were a class of 3 two-deck 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Symonds.

[edit] Ships

• HMS Albion

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

Ordered: 21 June 1839

Launched: 6 September 1842

Fate: Broken up, 1884

• HMS Aboukir

Builder:

Ordered:

Launched: 1848

Fate:

• HMS Exmouth

Builder:

Ordered:

Launched: 1854

Fate:

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