HMS Royal Albert (1854)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Royal Albert |
| Ordered: |
As sailing ship: 26 March 1842 As screw propelled: 31 January 1852 |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down: | August 1844 |
| Launched: | 13 May 1854 |
| Completed: | By 19 November 1854 |
| Decommissioned: | 1861 |
| Fate: | Sold to Castle for Breaking up, September 1884 |
| General characteristics As sailing ship | |
| Tons burthen: |
3,393 70/94 bm (enlarged to 3,463 on 24 March 1851) |
| Length: |
220 ft (67 m) (overall) 177 ft 2.75 in (54.0195 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 60 ft 10 in (18.54 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 1000 |
| Armament: |
120 guns
|
| General characteristics After conversion | |
| Displacement: | 5,517 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 3,726 26/94 bm |
| Length: |
232 ft 9 in (70.94 m) (overall) 193 ft 8 in (59.03 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 61 ft (19 m) |
| Draught: |
21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) (light) 25 ft (7.6 m) (deep load) |
| Depth of hold: | 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Sails 2-cylinder horizontal single expansion trunk Single screw 500 nhp 1,801 ihp |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Speed: | 10 knots (under steam) |
| Complement: | 1,050 |
| Armament: |
121 guns
|
HMS Royal Albert was a 121 gun three-decker ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1854 at Woolwich Dockyard. She had originally been designed as a sailing ship but was converted to screw propulsion while still under construction.
From commissioning at Sheerness she was first commanded by Commander Alexander Little between June and October 1854. From October to November 1854 by Captain Thomas Sabine Pasley while still at Sheerness. From 14 February 1855 to April 1857 she was commanded by Captain William Robert Mends as flagship to Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons commanding the Mediterranean fleet, then chiefly concerned with the Crimean War. From April 1857 to 20 August 1858 she was commanded by Captain Francis Egerton.
From 25 August 1858 to October 1859 she was commanded by Captain Edward Bridges Rice as part of the Channel Squadron under Rear-Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle. She received a new captain on 1 October 1859, Captain Henry James Lacon, who remained up to her paying off at Plymouth on 25 January 1861. Rear-Admiral Robert Fanshaw took over the Channel Squadron from 10 October 1860. In 1884 she was sold for breaking up at Charlton.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2003). The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1861760326.
