Drawing showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth used to build Albatross and the other ships of her class
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Albatross |
Ordered | 18 March 1795 |
Builder | Charles Ross, Rochester |
Laid down | May 1795 |
Launched | 30 December 1795 |
Commissioned | January 1796 |
Fate | Broken up in 1810 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Albatross-class brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 36638⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 30 ft 7 in (9.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
Complement | 121 |
Armament | 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers |
Notes | Fir-built |
HMS Albatross was the name vessel of her class of brig-sloops. She was built of fir and launched in 1796. She captured two privateers in the North Sea. She then sailed to the Far East. There she captured two French privateers in single-ship actions. She was sold in the Far East in 1807 and broken up in 1810.