Albion-class ship of the line (1842)

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 Vanguard-class ship of the line, 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 (HMS Princess Royal (1853) and HMS Hannibal (1854)) were re-ordered to fresh designs in 1847.

Ships

 * HMS Albion (1842)
 * Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
 * Ordered: 18 March 1839
 * Launched: 6 September 1842
 * Fate: Broken up, 1884


 * HMS Aboukir (1848)
 * Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
 * Ordered: 18 March 1839
 * Launched: 4 April 1848
 * Fate: Broken up, 1878


 * HMS Exmouth (1854)
 * Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
 * Ordered: 12 March 1840
 * Launched: 12 July 1854
 * Fate: Broken up, 1905