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HMS Albemarle (1680)

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Name
  
HMS Albemarle

Renamed
  
HMS Union, 1704

Launched
  
1680

Builder
  
Betts, Harwich

Fate
  
Broken up, 1749

Class and type
  
90-gun second rate ship of the line

Tons burthen
  
1,395 long tons (1,417.4 t)

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

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

Union was broken up in 1749.

References

HMS Albemarle (1680) Wikipedia