title: Albion-class ship of the line (1842)
text: # 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
  