Albion-class ship of the line (1842) explained

The Albion-class ships of the line were a class of two-deck 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Symonds. The first two were originally ordered in March 1840 as 80-gun ships of the, but were re-ordered to a new design of 90 guns some three months later. Three more ships to this design were ordered in March 1840, but two of these (and) were re-ordered to fresh designs in 1847.

Ships

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

Ordered: 18 March 1839

Launched: 6 September 1842

Fate: Broken up, 1884

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

Ordered: 18 March 1839

Launched: 4 April 1848

Fate: Broken up, 1878

Builder: Plymouth Dockyard

Ordered: 12 March 1840

Launched: 12 July 1854

Fate: Broken up, 1905

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