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 HMS Albion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The second Albion was a ship-rigged sloop of just 336 tons, and was an ex-merchant vessel bought by the Royal Navy, though she was privately owned in her previous role as a hired armed ship, she was manned by a Royal Navy crew.
The third Albion was launched at Perry's Yard at Blackwall on the Thames in June 1802.
She was ordered in 1839 and was launched at Plymouth in September 1842, and was 204 feet long, with a displacement of 3083 tons and quite a large crew complement of 830.
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In 1794 the Albion was consigned to the role of a 60-gun floating battery moored on the Thames Estuary, but in April 1797 while heading to a new position in the Swin Channel, ran aground and two days later, during salvage efforts, broke her back and was completely wrecked.
The sixth HMS Albion was a Second-rate warship and was the name of the class of 90-gun that included two others - the HMS Aboukir and HMS Exmouth.
The seventh Albion was a Canopus-class pre-dreadnought of approximately 14,000 tonnes, with a main armament of 4 x 12 inch guns and was built by Thames Iron Works, launched in 1898 and commissioned in 1901, serving on the China Station until 1905.
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 HMS Albion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The second HMS Albion was a ship-rigged sloop of just 336 tons, and was an ex-merchant vessel bought by the Royal Navy, though she was privately owned in her previous role as a hired armed ship, she was manned by a Royal Navy crew.
The third HMS Albion was launched at Perry's Yard at Blackwall on the Thames in June 1802.
The seventh HMS Albion was a 'Canopus' Class pre-dreadnought of approximately 14,000 tonnes, with a main armament of 4 x 12 inch guns and was built by Thames Iron Works, launched in 1898 and commissioned in 1901, serving on the China Station until 1905.
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In 1794 the Albion was reduced to be a floating battery of 60 guns, moored at the Nore in the Thames Estuary.
The next HMS Albion was a ship-rigged sloop of 366 tons, an ex-merchant vessel bought for the Navy in 1798 — she had previously served as a hired Armed Ship, privately owned but with a Royal Navy crew.
HMS Albion had been set on fire three times, and but for the work of the tugs she would probably have gone ashore.
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 HMS Sceptre
The first HMS Sceptre (1781)[?] was a third rate frigate launched on June 8, 1781, at Rotherhithe.
The second HMS Sceptre (1802)[?], 74, was launched on December 11, 1802 at Deptford.
The fourth HMS Sceptre (1943)[?] was a 1940-programme British S-class submarine[?] (not to be confused with the earlier United States S-class submarines[?]) launched on January 9, 1943, in Greenock[?], although her keel had been laid down in July 1940.
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 HMS Albion -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The first (Click link for more info and facts about Albion) Albion was built in 1763 at (Click link for more info and facts about Deptford) Deptford being adapted from a design of the old 90-gun warship Neptune which had been built in 1719.
The third (Click link for more info and facts about Albion) Albion was launched at Perry's Yard at Blackwall on the (The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea) Thames in June 1802.
She was ordered in 1839 and was launched at (A town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620) Plymouth in September 1842, and was 204 feet long, with a displacement of 3083 tons and quite a large crew complement of 830.
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 HMS Sceptre - InfoWrangler Wikipedia Snapshot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The second HMS Sceptre, 74, was launched on December 11, 1802 at Deptford.
The fourth HMS Sceptre was a 1940-programme British S-class submarine (not to be confused with the earlier United States S-class submarines) launched on January 9, 1943, in Greenock, although her keel had been laid down in July 1940.
The fifth HMS Sceptre, a Swiftsure-class submarine built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness, was commissioned on February 14, 1978, by Lady Audrey White.
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 HMS Sceptre (1802)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
HMS Sceptre (1802), a 3rd rate 74, was launched on December 11, 1802 at Deptford.
On November 11, 1806, HMS Sceptre and Cornwallis under Captain Johnston made a dash into St. Paul's Bay, Isle of Bourbon, and attacked the shipping there, which consisted of the frigate Semillante, three armed ships and twelve captured British ships.
Her final years were spent in the Channel blockade of the French before she was finally broken up in 1821.
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 HMS ALBION IN THE ROYAL NAVY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The first Albion was a sailing line-of-battle ship launched in 1763, the most recent an aircraft carrier, later converted to commando carrier, in service between 1954 and 1973.
The most recent HMS Albion was a 27,705 ton ‘Centaur’-Class light fleet carrier built on the Tyne by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson.
Albion’s next fleet action was in April 1780 off Dominica, when the French admiral de Guichen’s forces were put to flight by a British fleet under Rodney.
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 HMS Albion (1802) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The third HMS Albion was a third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
She was launched at Perry's Yard at Blackwall on the Thames in June 1802.
In May 1803 she joined Admiral Cornwallis' Fleet, which was blockading the vital French naval port of Brest, but was soon detached from the Fleet to deploy to the Indian Ocean where she was to remain for quite a few years.
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 Previous ships called Albion - 118Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
HMS Albion was a Canopus-class pre-Dreadnought battleship of approximately 14,000 tonnes, with a main armament of 4 x 12 inch (305 mm) guns and was built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, launched in 1898 and commissioned in 1901, serving on the China Station until 1905.
While doing so, two of her sister ships, HMS Goliath and HMS Ocean were sunk in the engagements, and Albion herself was badly damaged while supporting the Gallipoli landings.
One of 2 Albion Class "Landing Platform Dock Ship", she was commissioned on the 19th June 2003 and added to the amphibious ability of the "Royal Navy".
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 Royal Marines. Who is Royal Marines? What is Royal Marines? Where is Royal Marines? Definition of Royal Marines. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
However, the naval infantry remained a part of the Army until 1755, when "His Majesty's Marine Forces," fifty companies in three divisions, headquartered at Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, were formed under Admiralty control.
The Amphibious Ready Group is a highly mobile, balanced amphibious force at sea, based on a Commando Group and its supporting assets, that can be kept at high readiness to deploy forward into an area of likely contingency operations.
The "Great Globe itself" surrounded by laurels was chosen by King George IV as a symbol of the Marines' successes in every quarter of the world.
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 HMS Sceptre (1802) - Definition, explanation
HMS Sceptre was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
She was launched on December 11, 1802 at Deptford.
On June 20, after a shakedown period, she came into Plymouth for a refit, sailing again on June 28 under the command of Captain A. Dickson to join the Channel fleet.
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 Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Albion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The ship and her equipment worked well – Albion was put through her paces across the full spectrum of her capabilities and delivered the right results.
It was a matter of pride on board when Albion was declared at operational full readiness – fit for front-line duties – less than one year after crewing up towards the end of her build in Barrow – and at the same time the ship became the Fleet Amphibious Flagship.
She was followed in 1802 by a Third Rate, that took part in the 1812 War with America.
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Served as Chaplain to HMS Encounter 1907 to 1910, HMS Jupiter 1910 and 1911, HMS Prince George 1911 and 1912, HMS Zealandia 1912, HMS Prince of Wales 1912 and 1913.
Served in HMS Montagu 1903 and 1904, HMS Royal Sovereign 1904 and 1905, HMS New Zealand 1905 to 1907, HMS Egmont for Bighi Naval Hospital 1907 to 1910.
On HMS Pembroke 1900, HMS Prince George 1900 - 1901, HMS Implacable 1901 to 1904, HMS Boscawen III 1904 and 1905, R.M.Dept Walmer 1905 to 1907, HMS Prince of Wales 1907 to 1910, HMS Jupiter 1910 and 1911.
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MAGNANIME returned from the Leeward Is. to Plymouth on 5 January 1802 after a passage of forty-one days with some of her convoy.
MARS was paid on 3 March 1802 and on 11 April orders came down from the Admiralty that MARS was to go up the harbour to be stripped and paid off.
From October 1801 until 12 February 1802, during the peace of Amiens, MEDUSA was employed cruising against smugglers between Start Point and the Isle of Wight.
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As mate on HMS Leopard c 1806, Capt Basil Hall was placed in charge of an American vessel which he took to Bermuda.
On 1 August 1814, the HMS "Tonnant" with Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane K.B. and the frigate "Surprise" with Sir Thomas Cochrane, sailed from Bermuda, destined for Chesapeak Bay.
On the 15th, the "HMS Endymion" (Capt. Hope), the "Pomona", and the "Tenedos" engaged in firing shots at the "President", forcing surrender.
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As their uniforms were the red of most units of the British Army, they were knicknamed in the nineteenth century as the "Red Marines." The Royal Marine Artillery (RMA) was formed as a separate unit in 1804.
King George III conferred this honour in 1802 "in consideration of the very meritorious services of the Marines in the late war." The "Great Globe itself" surrounded by laurels was chosen by King George IV as a symbol of the Marines' successes in every quarter of the world.
The laurels are believed to honour the gallantry they displayed during the investment and capture of Belle Isle, off Lorient, in April through June 1761.
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2 CONT 2 CONT HMS Albion 1802 Onwards.
William Barker, Private Marine 2 CONT 2 CONT Willia 2 CONC m, son of Jane (widow) of Worship Street in the Liberty of Norton 2 CONT Folgate was 2 CONC apprenticed to Francis Cart, Thomas Stree, Mile End.
Served as a Private Marine on HMS Albion since 2 CONT 1802.
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1802: Perseus, owned Reeve and Green or Brown, Welbank and Petyt (once owners of Bethia which became HM Bounty).
Three fourths of the shares in the Blackwall Docks of London were also his, acquired about the year 1802 from William Wells, a retired" Company's captain" and his brother.
Upriver of Limehouse Reach, the only docks on Thames southside were the Surrey Commercial Docks, which included Greenland Dock, Russian Dock (a small dock), Albion and Canada Docks.
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 ngb_info WIP...abt. 1780-1838.."Timeline" Buchan, Capt. David [and Hudson's Bay Co. ref.] created April 16,2003 and ...
with NELSON." 1807...Came out on the "HMS ADONIS" 1808...page 176..."I find the name of Capt. David BUCHAN, J. together with the names of R. PARRY, Surrogate and Josiah BLACKMORE, J.P., signed to a decree of the Surrogate Court at Placentia, Sept. 12, 1808, in a suit of Maurice POWER versus Thos.
January 12th, 1811 to Jan. 30th, and March 4th to March 19th, 1811...note " Jan. 22, 1811....and further on a trope (trap) with the name Rousell; the Rousells live in Sops Arm and in New Bay 1811...."Throughout the following decade Buchan was regarded as a humanitarian leader of the Colony.
John PEYTON wanted me to build a schooner......"....HOWLEY 1915 1819...Capt. BUCHAN was Surrogate and Magistrate 1820....page 178..."During the year 1820 BUCHAN acted as floating Surrogate in the "EGERIA" at Harbour Grace" 1820....quote from letter dated March 10, 1820 on board HMS "Grasshopper"....."on the 26th......we reached at midnight Mr.
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 HMS Albion Details, Meaning HMS Albion Article and Explanation Guide
HMS Albion Details, Meaning HMS Albion Article and Explanation Guide
HMS Albion Guide, Meaning, Facts, Information and Description
Page Contains Information, Facts Details or Explanation Guide About HMS Albion
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 Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
HBG Construction, who have worked on such heritage sites as Windsor Castle and the National Gallery, are converting Warehouse No 1, London's oldest surviving dock building, at West India Quay.
Built in 1802 the warehouse stored rum, molasses, sugar, coffee and cotton and has been described by English Heritage, who have listed it Grade 1, as 'one of the great monuments of European economic power'.
The museum, which has been planned for various Docklands sites since the 1980s, will explore the story of the Thames, London's port and its people from, Roman times to the present.
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 ngb_info WIP...abt. 1780-1838.."Timeline" Buchan, Capt. David [and Hudson's
1807...Came out on the "HMS ADONIS"...source: C.R.FAY 1956 1808...page 176..."I find the name of Capt. David BUCHAN, J. together with the names of R. PARRY, Surrogate and Josiah BLACKMORE, J.P., signed to a decree of the Surrogate Court at Placentia, Sept. 12, 1808, in a suit of Maurice POWER versus Thos.
On August 8, 1819 he received from Gov. Sir Charles HAMILTON a new assignment concerning the BEOTHUCKS.
John's on board "HMS ALBION" for some alleged disobedience of orders, but he was acquitted.
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During the Egyptian campaign of 1800-1801, a temporary battalion of marines was formed from detachment drawn from the fleet and served with the British expeditionary force on land.
As with the other British troops in Egypt, fever and disease accounted for far more of the Marine casualties than did battle with the French; among them was Lieutenant Davenport, who succumbed to his illness on 1 July 1802 after being sent to Malta to recuperate.
After William H. Bunbury Sailors Ashore Hand-colored, mixed method engraving, published by John Harris, London, 30 March 1802; 15 ½ x 13 5/8 in., cropped outside of plate-mark.
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 Appendix o the Toulmin vault at Sanderstead and a few naval Toulmins,
a Hired Tender "Albion", at least from 26 Jul 1779 to 12 April 1783 (Adm.36/9246).
She had a complement of only 12 non-naval and 12 naval, and was commanded (from 15
Corporal HMS Culloden, last belonging to HMS Hyena; all I know of him was that he
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 HMS [Ship]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Completed ‡ : 1802 ; Disposal date or year § : 1836
Medals granted to surviving officers, seamen and marines (and soldiers who served as marines) per order of 7th June, 1848
Medals granted to all Officers, seamen and marines (and soldiers who served as marines) per order of 7th June, 1848
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