HMS Albatross (1795)

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
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Albatross
Ordered18 March 1795
BuilderCharles Ross, Rochester
Laid downMay 1795
Launched30 December 1795
CommissionedJanuary 1796
FateBroken up in 1810
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeAlbatross-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen3663894 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 96 ft 0 in (29.3 m)
  • Keel: 73 ft 7+34 in (22.4 m)
Beam30 ft 7 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Complement121
Armament16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers
NotesFir-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.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 280.