HMS Albemarle (1680)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	HMS Albemarle
Builder:	Betts, Harwich
Launched:	1680
Renamed:	HMS Union, 1704
Fate:	Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,395 long tons (1,417.4 t)
Length:	162 ft (49.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	44 ft 4 in (13.5 m)
Depth of hold:	19 ft 7.5 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1704 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,557 long tons (1,582.0 t)
Length:	163 ft 6 in (49.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	45 ft (13.7 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 4 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	90 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1726 rebuild^[3]
Class and type:	1719 Establishment 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,578 long tons (1,603.3 t)
Length:	164 ft (50.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 2 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	90 guns of various weights of shot

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Albemarle and HMS Union.

HMS Albemarle was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1680 at Harwich.^[1]

She was rebuilt in 1704 at Chatham Dockyard, remaining a 90-gun second rate. She was also renamed HMS Union at this time.^[2] She underwent a second rebuild at Chatham, from where she was relaunched on 8 February 1726 as a 90-gun second rate built to the 1719 Establishment.^[3]

Union was broken up in 1749.^[3]