There have been nine ships to bear the name of HMS Albion from a third-rate ship of the line to a commando carrier to the lead ship of today's Albion-class LPD's (Landing Platform Dock Ships). Albion is an archaic name for Great Britain, although often used to refer specifically to England.
The eighth HMS Albion (R07) was a 22,000 ton Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy. She was built on the Tyne by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. Her keel was laid down in 1944, she was launched in May 1947, but she was not fully completed until May 1954, and after an initial work up with her air group, joined the Mediterranean Fleet in September that same year, becoming flagship of Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers.
The ninth and current HMS Albion (2001-present) is a state of the art Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ship of the Royal Navy. Albion is the one of the newest ships of the Navy and provides an amphibious assault capability. She is the nameship of the Albion class landing platform dock, which also includes HMS Bulwark.
HMS Albion was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built in 1763 at Deptford, being adapted from a design of the old 90-gun ship Neptune which had been built in 1719, and was the first ship to bear the name. She was the first of a series of ships built to the same lines, which became known as the Albion-class.
HMS Albion was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Perry's Yard at Blackwall on the Thames in June 1802. She was broken up at Chatham Dockyard in 1836.
HMS Albion was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Ordered in 1839, she was built at Plymouth and launched in September 1842, and entered service in 1843. Albion was the only one of her class to ever serve as a sailing ship, and the last British two-decker to complete and enter service without a steam engine.
HMS Albion was a British Canopus-class pre-Dreadnought battleship of approximately 14,000 tonnes, with a main armament of 4 × 12 inch (305 mm) guns and was built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. During her launch on June 21 1898, 34 people were killed when a stage collapsed.
