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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{other ships|List of ships named Albion}}<br />
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|Ship name=''Albion''<br />
|Ship namesake=[[Albion]]<br />
|Ship owner=J. Hunter<br />
|Ship builder=J. Scott & Co., Calcutta{{sfnp|Phipps|1840|pp=105, 117, & 142}}{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=249}}<br />
|Ship launched=12 November 1814{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=249}}<br />
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|Ship fate=Wrecked January 1817<ref name=AJ/><br />
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'''''Albion''''' was launched at Fort Gloucester, [[Kolkatta|Calcutta]], [[Company rule in India|India]], in 1814. She wrecked on 13 January 1817 off [[Trincomalee]], while on her way from [[Chennai|Madras]] to London. Her crew and passengers were rescued.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105226351;view=1up;seq=93 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=5182 |date=30 May 1817 }}</ref><ref name=AJ>''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia'' (August 1817), p.196.</ref><br />
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{{HMS|Magicienne|1812|6}} assisted in the rescue efforts. The officers of the Madras Establishment awarded Captain John Brett Purvis a silver plate worth £100 in recognition of his efforts.{{sfnp|Gordon|1990|p=165}}<br />
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==Citations and references==<br />
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'''References'''<br />
* {{cite book |last=Gordon |first=Iain |year=1990 |title=Soldier Of The Raj: The Life of Richard Fortescue Purvis 1789-1869 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=9780850528473}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Hackman |first=Rowan |date=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7 }}<br />
* {{cite book|last=Phipps|first=John |year=1840|title=A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ...|publisher=Scott}}<br />
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