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Albion

34062
Nominal Guns16ref:1846
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorPrivate Owners
First Mentioned21.8.1778ref:1846
Home PortBristol - England ref:1846
ShipyardUnknownref:1846
CategoryPrivateerref:1846
Ship TypeUnknown
Last known1782ref:1846

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1846
Burthen200Ton 

Armament


21.8.1778Broadside Weight = 32 Imperial Pound ( 14.512 kg)ref:1846
Gun Deck16 British 4-Pounder

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1778/08/21 - 1782 Davis and Protheroe (1778/08/21 - 1782)ref:1846

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
21.8.177850 ref:1846

4 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
21.8.1778 - bef.10.2.1780Captain
John GardnerBritish
Privateer
Service 1742-1782
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11.2.1780 - 11.1.1781Captain
Timothy MajorBritish
Privateer
Service 1780-1781
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12.1.1781 - bef.17.9.1782Captain
John GardnerBritish
Privateer
Service 1742-1782
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18.9.1782 - 1782Captain
John EverittBritish
Privateer
Service 1780-1782
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Service History


DateEventSource
21.8.1778Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
9.1778

sailed on first cruise from  Bristol

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aft.10.1778

On first cruise the Albion captured the Robuste, a snow of 180 tons, built 1775, bound from Marseilles to Havre, and the Minerve, 400 tons, 20 guns, built 1774; both were sold in Bristol.

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10.1778Took the Snow
Robuste (Unknown) 1775-1778
French Unknown Gun
Merchant Snow
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10.1778Took the Merchant
Minerve (20) 1774-1778
French 20 Gun
Merchant Unknown
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bef.10.2.1780

The Albion on her second cruise, in company with the Tartar, retook the snow Santa Maria from Cork to Lisbon, and sent her into Kingroad,  Bristol

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11.2.1780Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
12.1.1781Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
3.1781

captured by French privateer (?) Madame sent into  Lorient

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3.1781Taken by
La Madame (40) 1781-1782
French 40 Gun
Privateer Frigate
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10.1781

Retaken and brought into  Plymouth

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18.9.1782Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1846
1.1783

Hector, Albion, Lord North, Britannia, Friendship, John, and Byron,all Bristol West Indiamen, had taken the Virgin del Carmen, from Cadiz to Havana, and had sent her into Jamaica

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