Albion-class ship of the line (1842)
# 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, 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 (Princess Royal and Hannibal) were re-ordered to fresh designs in 1847.

## Ships

* HMS Albion

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

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

    Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
    Ordered: 12 March 1840
    Launched: 12 July 1854
    Fate: Broken up, 1905
