HMS Albemarle (1680)

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Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Albemarle
Builder: Betts, Harwich
Launched: 1680
Renamed: HMS Union, 1704
Fate: Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,395 long tons (1,417.4 t)
Length: 162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 4 in (13.5 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 7.5 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1704 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,557 long tons (1,582.0 t)
Length: 163 ft 6 in (49.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 4 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1726 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,578 long tons (1,603.3 t)
Length: 164 ft (50.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 2 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

90 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Albemarle was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1680 at Harwich.[1]

She was rebuilt in 1704 at Chatham Dockyard, remaining a 90-gun second rate. She was also renamed HMS Union at this time.[2] She underwent a second rebuild at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 8 February 1726 as a 90-gun second rate built to the 1719 Establishment.[3]

Union was broken up in 1749.[3]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 162.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 166.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 169.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.