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| William Loney RN - Background |
| Home-Loney-Background-The Royal Navy | Browse mid-Victorian RN vessels: A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ?? |
| Name | Albion | Explanation | |
| Type | 2nd rate, 2 decker | Type | Two-decker |
| Launched (Sail) | 6 September 1842 | Converted to screw | 21 May 1861 |
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 204 feet |
| Propulsion | Sail | Men | 830 |
| Builders measure | 3111 tons | Builders measure (as screw) | 3111 tons |
| Displacement | Displacement (as screw) | 4382 tons | |
| Guns | 90 | Guns (as screw) | 91 |
| Fate | 1884 | Last in commission | - |
| Class | Albion | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Snippets concerning career prior to conversion | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 6 September 1842 | Launched as 2nd rate sailing ship at Plymouth Dockyard. | ||
| 10 November 1843 - 27 February 1847 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Captain Nicholas Lockyer, flagship of Admiral David Milne, Devonport, then Lisbon, then Channel squadron (until Lockyer died), (also 1844 experimental squadron and 1845 experimental squadron) | ||
| 1 April 1847 - 2 April 1848 | Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain Charles Howe Fremantle, Mediterranean | ||
| 29 May 1850 - 2 July 1852 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, Mediterranean | ||
| 2 July 1852 - 7 July 1855 | Commanded by Captain Stephen Lushington, Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War, when he was in command of the Naval Brigade ashore from the beginning of the siege of Sevastopol to 19 July 45) | ||
| 7 July 1855 | Commanded by Captain James Robert Drummond, Mediterranean | ||
| Career as unarmoured wooden screw vessel | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 21 May 1861 | Completed as screw at Devonport Dockyard. | ||
| 22 May 1861 | Never fitted for sea as screw ship | ||
| August 1884 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| (various) | The 1844 Experimental squadron. | ||
| (various) | The 1845 Experimental squadron. | ||
| (various) | The 1846 Experimental squadron. | ||
| (various) | The 1853 Royal Naval review. | ||
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