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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