HMS Alban (1806)  HMS "Alban" was one of twelve s of the Royal Navy and was launched in 1806. She served during the Napoleonic Wars. During the Gunboat War she took part in two engagements with Danish gunboats, during the second of which the Danes captured her. The British recaptured her seven months later, but she was wrecked in 1812. Like the rest of her class, "Alban" was made of Bermudan or pencil cedar and to a design copied from that of the "Lady Hammond", a Bermudan sloop. The Admiralty ordered the class as cutters, but they were completed as schooners. Even so, most references to "Alban" refer to her as a cutter. She had a crew of 35 men and carried an armament of ten 18-pounder carronades. She was commissioned in May 1805 under Lieutenant James Stone. On 27 July she was under the command of Lieutenant Henry Wier and in company with , , , and the hired armed brig , when they captured nine French chasse marees. On 27 October she recaptured "Favourite". On 17 January 1808 "Alban" captured the American ship "Active". Then on 8 April she sailed for Rio de Janeiro. In 1809 "Alban" sailed to the Baltic. On 5 November she captured the Prussian sloop "Gute Bothe". On 23 May 1810 "Alban" was in company with and the hired armed cutter, "Princess of Wales", when they encountered seven Danish gunboats off The Skaw. In the subsequent engagement one gunboat blew up and the British succeeded in damaging and dispersing the other six. On 13 June 1810, "Alban" captured the "Regina Doreatha". Almost two weeks later, on 13 June, she captured the Danish galliot "Catharina Augusta". Weir was promoted to the command of on 28 June 1810, but he was still captain of "Alban" on 12 July when she captured another Danish galliot, the "Caroline". At some point command transferred to Lieutenant Samuel Thomas. On 12 September 1810, "Alban" was off Læsø island when she saw six Danish gunboats coming towards her from the direction of the Skaw. Wind conditions were calm so "Alban" had to resort to her sweeps to try to escape the Danes. She was unsuccessful and by early afternoon an engagement had commenced.