Name: | ALBION |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1800 |
Completed: | 1800 |
Builder: | Nicholson, Horn & Blenkinsop |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 400tonsb, 107.0OA x 30.5 x 13.6ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
1800 | Unknown owner |
10/1803 | The Admiralty - British Royal Navy; renamed PROSPERO |
18/02/1807 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 10/1803: Converted into a bomb vessel |
Armed with 8 x 1 x 24pdr carronades, 1 x 13.0ins & 1 x 10.0ins mortars | |
18/02/1807: Wrecked near Dieppe | |
Not conclusive proof that builder is correct | |
PROSPERO was certainly built at South Shields in 1800 |