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 , 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 ( and ) were re-ordered to fresh designs in 1847.Winfield, p. 34
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Builder: Plymouth Dockyard Ordered: 18 March 1839 Launched: 6 September 1842 Fate: Broken up, 1884
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard Ordered: 18 March 1839 Launched: 4 April 1848 Fate: Broken up, 1878
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard Ordered: 12 March 1840 Launched: 12 July 1854 Fate: Broken up, 1905
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