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Thursday, December 3, 2020

HMS Albion-- Part 3: Afterwards

In 1816, the Albion was part of a combined British-Dutch fleet that took part in the bombardment of Algiers on 27 August 1816, which was intended to force the Dey of Algiers to free Christian slaves.  
She fired 4,110 shots at the city and suffered 3 killed and 15 wounded from return fire.

In 1827, she was part of a combined British-Russian fleet under the command of Admiral Codrington at the Battle of Navarino, where a Turkish-Egyptian fleet was obliterated, securing Greek independence.
 At this battle, the Albion suffered 10 killed and 50 wounded, including her second-in-command, Commander John Norman Campbell.

In 1847, the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with the clasps "Algiers" and "Navarino."

In 1831, the Albion was hulked as a quarantine ship and broken up in1836.

--Brock-Perry

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