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==HMS Albion (1842)== | ==HMS Albion (1842)== | ||
''The sixth HMS Albion was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was the name ship of a class of three second-rates | ''The sixth HMS Albion was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was the name ship of a class of three second-rates ���?? the others being Aboukir and Exmouth. She was ordered in 1839, launched at Plymouth in September 1842, and was 204 feet 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 17 October 1854. While Albion's commanding officer, Captain Stephen Lushington was commanding a Naval Brigade providing vital heavy artillery support for the Allied forces besieging Sevastopol, Albion under the command of Commander Henry Rogers joined over 50 British and French warships of various types into action. The Russians suffered heavy casualties but the Allies had failed to seriously damaged the batteries. Though the Anglo-French Fleet had received in comparison, lighter casualties, with about 500 killed or wounded in total. The Allies though had been battered by the Russian batteries, indeed Albion had been set on fire three times during the engagement, and without the assistance of the courageous tugs, would surely have succumbed to her damage and ran aground. In 1861 she was converted to a steam screw propulsion at Devonport but the modifications were never finished. She was kept in reserve in Devonport for more than twenty years, before the decision was made to scrap her, with her finally being broken up at Devonport in 1884.'' | ''Her first action was in the Crimean War during the siege of Sevastopol on 17 October 1854. While Albion's commanding officer, Captain Stephen Lushington was commanding a Naval Brigade providing vital heavy artillery support for the Allied forces besieging Sevastopol, Albion under the command of Commander Henry Rogers joined over 50 British and French warships of various types into action. The Russians suffered heavy casualties but the Allies had failed to seriously damaged the batteries. Though the Anglo-French Fleet had received in comparison, lighter casualties, with about 500 killed or wounded in total. The Allies though had been battered by the Russian batteries, indeed Albion had been set on fire three times during the engagement, and without the assistance of the courageous tugs, would surely have succumbed to her damage and ran aground. In 1861 she was converted to a steam screw propulsion at Devonport but the modifications were never finished. She was kept in reserve in Devonport for more than twenty years, before the decision was made to scrap her, with her finally being broken up at Devonport in 1884.'' | ||
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==HMS Albion R07 (1947)== | ==HMS Albion R07 (1947)== | ||
http://www.navyphotos.co.uk/albion6b.jpg | [http://www.navyphotos.co.uk/albion6b.jpg Click for photo] | ||
''The eighth HMS Albion (R07) was a 22,000 ton Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy. She was built on the Tyne by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. Her keel was laid down in 1944, she was launched in May 1947, but she was not fully completed until May 1954, and after an initial work up with her air group, joined the Mediterranean Fleet in September that same year, becoming flagship of Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers. Two years later, after refitting at Portsmouth, returned once again to the Mediterranean for operations relating to the Suez Crisis where her air group struck key Egyptian airfields, and covered the paratroopers landings.'' | ''The eighth HMS Albion (R07) was a 22,000 ton Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy. She was built on the Tyne by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. Her keel was laid down in 1944, she was launched in May 1947, but she was not fully completed until May 1954, and after an initial work up with her air group, joined the Mediterranean Fleet in September that same year, becoming flagship of Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers. Two years later, after refitting at Portsmouth, returned once again to the Mediterranean for operations relating to the Suez Crisis where her air group struck key Egyptian airfields, and covered the paratroopers landings.'' | ||
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==HMS Albion L14 (2001)== | ==HMS Albion L14 (2001)== | ||
http://www.navyphotos.co.uk/albion%20aslt7b.jpg | [http://www.navyphotos.co.uk/albion%20aslt7b.jpg Click for photo] | ||
The ninth Albion entered service in 2001. 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". | The ninth Albion entered service in 2001. 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". | ||
This amphibious ability came in useful when the vessel was deployed to aide the evacuation of British citizens from the African state of " | This amphibious ability came in useful when the vessel was deployed to aide the evacuation of British citizens from the African state of "Cote d'Ivoire" (previously "Ivory Coast") in 2004. | ||
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[[Category:USS Albion]] | [[Category:USS Albion]] | ||