British Albatross Class

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Albatross Class

Nationality	Great Britain
Nominal Guns	18
Approved	1795/04/22
Designer	William RuleBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1778-1813
Rate	Unrated
Type	Brig
Designed Crew	121
Ships in Class	8

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 262.00 Imperial Pound ( 118.82 kg)		BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck	16 x British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser	2 x British 6-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						96' 0"	73' 9 ½"	30' 6"	12' 9"	365 ¹²⁄₉₄
Pelican (18) 1795-1806 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	17.6.1795	1806	Sold	96' 2"	73' 10 ¾"	30' 7 ¾"	12' 9"	369 ¹⁴⁄₉₄
Kite (18) 1795-1805 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	Deptford Green - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards	7.1795	9.1805	Sold	96' 2"	73' 10 ½"	30' 7 ½"	12' 9"	368 ⁵¹⁄₉₄
Star (16) 1795-1802 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	13.7.1795	Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	29.8.1795	1.1802	Sold	96' 3"	73' 8"	30' 8 ½"	12' 9"	369 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄
Sylph (16) 1795-1811 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	13.7.1795	Deptford Green - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards	3.9.1795	4.1811	Broken Up	96' 2"	73' 10 ½"	30' 8"	12' 9"	369 ⁵²⁄₉₄
Swallow (16) 1795-1802 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	13.7.1795	Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	10.9.1795	8.1802	Sold	96' 2"	73' 10 ½"	30' 8"	12' 9"	369 ⁵²⁄₉₄
Dispatch (16) 1795-1796 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	Chatham - Kent	19.12.1795	5.5.1796	Sold	96' 2"	73' 9 ½"	30' 6"	12' 9 ½"	366 ³⁸⁄₉₄
Albatross (16) 1795-1807 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	Rochester - Kent	30.12.1795	1807	Sold	96' 0"	73' 7 ¾"	30' 7"	12' 9 ½"	366 ³⁸⁄₉₄
Raven (18) 1796-1798 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	Blackwall - London	11.1.1796	3.2.1798	Wrecked	96' 0"	73' 8"	30' 8 ½"	12' 9"	369 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄

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