HMS Albion-- Part 2: Operations in the War of 1812

In 1812, he long conflict with Napoleon was over and after a long refit. the Albion became the flagship of Rear Admiral  George Cockburn and the ship then took part in the War of 1812 against the United States.  The previous ship of the line HMS Albion had also taken part in a war with the United States, the American Revolution.

In the summer of 1814, she was involved with actions along the coastline of the Chesapeake Bay, where she operated all the way up the Potomac and  and Patuxent rivers, destroying large amounts of American shipping as well as U.S. government property.

These operations ended once it was learned that peace had been declared in 1815.

--Brock-Perry