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  HMS Albion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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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 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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 HMS Albion - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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.
The ninth and current Albion is one of the newest additions to the Royal Navy and is the nameship of a class of two, state of the art Landing Platform Dock Ships (LPD's).
www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/HMS_Albion   (464 words)

  
 HMS Albion (1842) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sixth HMS Albion was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
She was ordered in 1839, launched at Plymouth in September 1842, and was 204 feet (62.2 m) long, with a displacement of 3,083 tons and quite a large crew complement of 830.
Her first action was in the Crimean War during the siege of Sevastopol on October 17, 1854.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Albion_(1842)   (300 words)

  
 AN HISTORICAL TOUR OF CAMPUS Fiske House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Peabody sold most of his land holdings to the Albion Company founded in 1835, of which he became a member, and which was one of the most responsible and successful of the many similar companies that were forming in the paths of westward expansion in the 1820s and 1830s.
On 14 March 1842, the area was platted and recorded as the Wesleyan Seminary Addition to the Village of Albion.
She returned to Albion and, in 1913, opened a music and voice studio in the family home at 703 E. Cass St., the three-story, 30-room brick structure which was built in 1885 by Lewis Ransom Fiske, president of Albion College from 1877 to 1897.
www.albion.edu /library/specialcollections/fiske.asp   (2031 words)

  
 Royal Navy - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
HMS Hermes, Flagship of the British Task Force sent to recover the Falkland Islands.
Also during that war, HM submarines Splendid and Turbulent launched a number of Tomahawk cruise missiles on a variety of targets in Iraq.
Commissioned (surface) ships of the Royal Navy are accorded the prefix HMS which stands for Her Majesty's Ship (alternatively, His Majesty's Ship), for example HMS Ark Royal.
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 Pubsigns Outside of the Midlands Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The word Albion is a poetic name for Great Britain and is thought to derive from the Latin 'Albus' or 'White.' This Roman term arose from the whiteness of the cliffs on Britain's southern coast and was almost certainly applied during the invasion and conquest of AD43.
There was a famous HMS Albion, a ninety gun frigate which was built in Cornwall.
The term Albion is famously remembered in the phrase 'perfidious Albion', which came into common use during the Napoleonic Wars though was first recorded in a poem of 1793 by Augustin, Marquis of Ximenez.
www.midlandspubs.co.uk /pubsigns/nonmidlands.htm   (3694 words)

  
 Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Albion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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.
The sixth Albion was launched at Plymouth in 1842 and saw action in the Crimean.
www.navynews.co.uk /ships/albion.asp   (863 words)

  
 Army and Navy Chaplains 1800 to
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.
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.
HM Dockyard and Hospital Hong Kong 1911 to 1914, HMS Indus 1914.
website.lineone.net /~teresasliema/anchaplains.htm   (5545 words)

  
 Gannet
HMS Eagle moved to the Mediterranean where the squadron spent time between the ship and Hal Far, Malta.
Embarked in HMS Ark Royal in January 1957 and spent three weeks in American waters during May. During this period FAA squadrons cross-operated with aircraft from the American carrier USS Saratoga.
Embarked in HMS Centaur during January 1956 for operations in the Mediterranean and Far East, after which the squadron relinquished its Gannet AS.
www.condor49ers.org.uk /gannet.htm   (1915 words)

  
 Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Albion
20 September 1845: The Experimental squadron arrived at Plymouth from Cork: St Vincent, Queen, Canopus, Superb, Vanguard, Albion, Rodney and Trafalgar, accompanied by the steamers Rattler and Stromboli.
Admiral Parker continues ill; it is expected that tomorrow (Sunday) he will be brought ashore in his cot, and that he will afterwards proceed to Portsmouth in the steamer Rattler.
The Rodney, Vanguard, and Albion will follow when the steamers return after passing the Straits, or other expected steamers arrive, to perform the service.
www.pdavis.nl /ShowShip.php?id=11   (456 words)

  
 Tanknet > Last "seawolf" Class Ssn Commissioned
HMS Indomitable assisted HMS Lion after the battle of Dogger Bank in 1915.
HMS Inflexible took part in the Dardanelles operations in 1915 but was mined and badly damaged needing 3 months of repairs.
All three ships were present at the Battle of Jutland, HMS Invincible blew up and sank after a hit from Lutzow with the loss of 1,026 crew.
www.tank-net.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t8462.html   (4348 words)

  
 HMS Albion - TheBestLinks.com - Algiers, Dardanelles, Plymouth, Royal Navy, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
HMS Albion - TheBestLinks.com - Algiers, Dardanelles, Plymouth, Royal Navy,...
HMS Albion, Algiers, Dardanelles, Plymouth, Royal Navy, Thames, 1901, 1905...
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.thebestlinks.com /HMS_Albion.html   (481 words)

  
 Malta Family History
On 20th October the 85th regiment embarked for England, on board HMS Kent and HMS Madagascar after having served in the Mediterranean area for over ten years, of which nine were spent in the Malta Garrison.
HMS Barham entered the Quarantine Harbour on the 21st November 1831, and brought to Malta the famous Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, who was a literary lion in his own lifetime.
A Census was taken on 21st March 1842, but unlike Census Records in England, this Census does not show actual names and addresses but tables giving the total Population and Occupations.
website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/chapter1920.htm   (13616 words)

  
 PORT JACKSON (SYDNEY HARBOUR) - SHIPWRECKS
She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Fly and sailed for port Macquarie on 3 Ocrober 1826.
As she was about to sail for Liverpool from Sydney on 6 April 1842, a fire was discovered, which soon took a firm hold.
Refloated withh assistance from HMS Tamar, but found to be unseaworthy, and purchased by the colonial authorities and converted to a prison hulk for convicts awaiting transportation to Norfolk island, Moreton Bay and other penal settlements.
oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /portjackson-wrecks.html   (9355 words)

  
 Royal Mail Line / Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
The Royal Mail Line was taken over in 1965 by Furness, Withy & Company and ships often interchanged between the Royal Mail Line, Furness and Shaw Savill & Albion Lines fleets.
1842 grounded Puerto Rico, refloated but sank off Bermuda; loss of 1 life.
1906 transferred from Pacific Steam Nav.Co, 1914 sold to Admiralty became dummy battleship HMS Orion 1915 scuttled at Mudros as breakwater.
www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/royalmail.html   (3078 words)

  
 Home Mortgage Equity Conversion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
HMS Albion (1803) and HMS Albion (1808) Both the fourth and fifth Albions were in service, while the third was still in commission.
They were both cutters, being hired between 1803 and 1808, with t 1000 he second from 1808 to 1812.
HMS Bulwark (1899-1914) The fifth HMS Bulwark was a London Class battleship launched in 1899.
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 Royal Marines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eighteen Royal Marines commanded Fleet Air Arm squadrons during the course of the war, and with the formation of the British Pacific Fleet were well-represented in the final drive on Japan.
Captains and Majors generally commanded squadrons, whilst in one case Lt. Colonel R.C.Hay on HMS Indefatigable was Air Group Co-ordinator from HMS Victorious of the entire British Pacific Fleet.
The Amphibious Ready Group is normally based around specialist amphibious ships, most notably HMS Ocean, the largest ship in the fleet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_Life_on_the_Ocean_Wave   (5698 words)

  
 History of Tasmania: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Albion (in ptolemy alouion), is the most ancient name of great britain, though often used to refer specifically to england....
In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people-or organisms of a particular species-living in a given geographic...
A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status....
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 Jacobson Marine Antiques: Maritime Books
Albion, Robert etc. New England and The Sea.
Albion, Robert G. The Rise of the Port of New York.
Hackney, Noel C.L. HMS Victory Classic Ships Their History and How to Model Them, #1.
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 GEORGE WILLIAM MUIR PAGE ONE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He found at least two old acquaintances in Albion: the first was Cecil Sloane-Stanley who had been serving in her continuously since his appointment to her from Victory in June 1850, and the second, hardly coincidently one must think, was old family friend Captain Stephen Lushington.
When the war broke out in 1854, Albion was naturally part of the Fleet which proceeded to the Black Sea and transported the Army to the Crimea.
Captain Stephen Lushington of the Albion was appointed commander and Captain William Peel (a younger son of Sir Robert Peel) of the Diamond was his 2IC.
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 NEVER FORGET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 1836, an important abolitionist figure named Henry Brewster Stanton was speaking at the Quaker meeting house when a mob began what a Portland newspaper described in an article entitled “Portland Disgraced” as “Portland’s first anti-slavery riot,” though it does not describe the actions of the rioters.
In 1842, rioters attacked Stephen Simons Foster (not the songwriter who penned “Not My Kentucky Home”), who was giving an anti-slavery speech in the First Parish Church.
Neither the crew of the Albion Cooper nor the rescue party were ever implicated in the deed.
www.portlandphoenix.com /archive/features/01/08/31/feat_slaves.html   (4054 words)

  
 Hordern House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
[and] The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur...
BRIERLY, Sir Oswald Walters (after) HMS Mæander 44 guns, in a heavy squall [and] Shortening sail for anchoring...
GRAHAM, Maria, compiler Voyage of HMS Blonde to the Sandwich Islands...
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 Levantine testimony 18
Men of HMS Julius, HMS Iron Duke, HMS Benbow, Irish Guards, Australian Infantry, Royal Naval Air Service, Gordon Highlanders, Norfolk Regiment, Royal Field Artillery, Indian Army…The altar like stone of Remembrance names those buried in distant cemeteries, or without graves.
Nearby, ‘Sergeant William Lyne, Royal Engineers, for 54 years custodian of this cemetery.’ Florence Nightingale, we are told, saved his life in her Scutari hospital by delegating a nurse to sit with him to see he did not choke on his swollen tongue.
‘Charles Nollet, Lieut, RN, late of HMS Albion…died at the Royal Naval Hospital, Therapia, January 1855’.
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 Lamport and Holt Line
ex- Albion Star, 1954 transferred from Blue Star Line renamed Balzac, 1959 renamed Carroll, 1960 reverted to Blue Star Line renamed Norman Star.
1899-1900 Boer War transport, 1914 requisitioned as convoy protection balloon ship HMS Canning, 1919 returned to owners, 1921 sold to Greece renamed Okeanis.
1939 converted to Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Voltaire,.1941 sunk in battle with German raider THOR; loss of 75 lives.
www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/lamport.html   (3343 words)

  
 Chronology of Scottish History - 1600 to 1899
His ship, the USS Bonhomme Richard sank but he boarded and captured HMS Serapis.
The firm of James Watt and Co was established to manufacture the world's first duplicating machines.
Birth of Dr John Goodsir in Anstruther, Fife, who showed in 1842 that bacteria was the cause of disease and that it could be eliminated with selective poisons - 18 years before Louis Pasteur, who is usually credited with the discovery.
www.rampantscotland.com /timeline/1899.htm   (6159 words)

  
 Cityark - Search Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
HM Dockyard, Chatham, Constructive Department, painters and decorators' shop register of dockyard buildings redecorated, equipment loaned and equipment in stock, also containing memoranda as to named naval, police and civilian personnel relinquishing incumbency of accommodation areas, retirement or transfer and notes of occurrence of accidents and other events 1903-1948 (1 volume) [mutilated];
Black and white and colour photographs of the Royal Marines Band and individual musicians on board HMS Albion 1972 and HMS Fearless at Lisbon, Portugal 1972 and ashore at HMS Pembroke, Chatham 1983, in South America with HMS Hampshire 1968-1969, Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, Royal Albert Hall, London 1981 and elsewhere (1 bundle);
Tithes of corn, wool, and hay from lands called Vintners, with terries 1842.
cityark.medway.gov.uk /query/results?Mode=Search&SearchWords=Boxley   (8132 words)

  
 Map type Termlist
Map, Hampshire, engraved by Neele, Strand, published by J and J Cundee, Albion Press, London, 1815; published 1815-19.
Map of Hampshire in enamelled bronze, given to HMS Hampshire, designed by C S Daborn, 1959.
Chart, Novissima et Accuratissima Canalis inter Angliae et Galliae Tabula, a New and Accurate Map of the Channel between England and France, by Cornelis Dankerts the elder, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1640s-50s.
www.geog.port.ac.uk /webmap/hantscat/html/maptype.htm   (5781 words)

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