List of ships named Albatross

Last updated July 15, 2023

This is a list of ships that have carried the name Albatros or Albatross, after the seabird.

Merchant ships

Albatros (19th-century ship) – an American-owned ship that brought news of the outbreak of the War of 1812 to W. P. Hunt.
USFC Albatross – a fisheries research ship in service with the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries from 1882 to 1898 and from 1898 to 1903 and with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1903 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1921 which saw service in the United States Navy as USS Albatross in 1898 and from 1917 to 1919.
Albatros (1899) – a ketch which was the last sailing vessel trading commercially in Europe. Now a sail training vessel.
Albatross (1920 schooner) – a Dutch/German sailing ship that was later used as a training ship, inspiring the film White Squall.
USFS Albatross II – a fisheries research ship in service with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1926 to 1932 which saw service in the United States Navy as the tug USS Patuxent (AT-11) from 1909 to 1924.
US FWS Albatross III – a fisheries research ship built in 1926 as the trawler Harvard. In service with the United States National Fish and Wildlife Service from 1948 to 1959 and briefly saw service with the United States Coast Guard in 1944 as USCGC Bellefonte.
Albatros, a hydrofoil in service on Lake Geneva between 1964 and 1972
Albatross – a sailing ship used in Sweden's Albatross expedition of 1947–48.
TS Albatros – a cruise liner built in 1952, in service as Albatros 1981–84. Also in service as TS Albatross 1985–88.
SS Albatros (1957) – an ocean liner, in service as Albatros 1993–2003.
NOAAS Albatross IV (R 342) – a fisheries research ship in commission with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1963 to 1970 and with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1970 to 2008.
MS Albatros – a cruise liner built in 1973, scrapped in 2021
FV Albatros a Dutch fishing trawler in service 1971-74

Naval ships

Australia

HMAS Albatross (1928) – a seaplane carrier launched in 1928 that left service in 1933 and was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1938.

Austria-Hungary

SMS Albatross (1873), an Austro-Hungarian gunboat involved in Pacific exploration.^[1]

France

French destroyer Albatros, an Aigle-class destroyer launched in 1930 and scrapped in 1959.

Germany

SMS Albatross (1871), a German gunboat commissioned in 1871, stricken in 1899, and lost in 1906 while in use as a collier.
SMS Albatross (1907), a German minelaying cruiser commissioned in 1908 and stricken in 1921.
German torpedo boat Albatros (1926) – a Type 23 torpedo boat in service until wrecked on 10 April 1940.
German fast attack craft Albatros (S61), an Albatros-class fast attack craft

Italy

Italian torpedo boat Albatros - a torpedo boat in service 1907-23
Italian submarine chaser Albatros – a submarine chaser and torpedo boat in service 1934–41.
Italian corvette Albatros – an Albatros-class corvette in service 1955–85

United Kingdom

HMS Albatross (1795) – a 16-gun Albatross-class brig-sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1807.^[2]
HMS Albatross (1826) – a survey schooner purchased in 1826 and sold in 1833.^[3]
HMS Albatross (1842) – a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1842 and broken up in 1860.^[4]
HMS Albatross – to have been a wood screw sloop. She was ordered in 1862 but was cancelled in 1863.
HMS Albatross (1873) – a Fantome-class composite screw sloop launched in 1873 and broken up in 1889.
HMS Albatross (1898) – a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1898, reclassified as a C-class destroyer in 1913 and sold in 1920.
HMS Albatross (1938) – a seaplane tender launched in 1928 for the Royal Australian Navy. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1938, and converted to a repair ship in 1942. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and was sold for scrapping in 1954.

United States

USS Albatross (1858) – a steam gunboat in service 1861–65.
USS Albatross (1882) – formerly USFC Albatross, in service 1898 and 1917–19.
USS Albatross (SP-1003) – a motor launch in service 1917–19.
USS Albatross (AM-71) – an Albatross-class minesweeper in service 1940–44.
USS Albatross (AM-391) – a proposed minesweeper, contract cancelled in 1945.^[5]
USS Albatross (AMS-1) – a YMS-1-class minesweeper in service 1942–58. Carried the name Albatross from 1947.
USS Albatross (MSC-289) – an Albatross-class minesweeper in service 1961–70.

Related Research Articles

A seagull is a colloquial term often used to refer to a gull, a sea bird in the family Laridae.

A warship or combatant ship is a naval ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the armed forces of a state. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are typically faster and more maneuverable than merchant ships. Unlike a merchant ship, which carries cargo, a warship typically carries only weapons, ammunition and supplies for its crew. Warships usually belong to a navy, though they have also been operated by individuals, cooperatives and corporations.

Eight vessels and one shore station of the Royal Navy were named HMS Grasshopper, named for the grasshopper, a common type of herbivorous insect.

Thirteen vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mohawk, after the Mohawk, an indigenous tribe of North America:

Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kangaroo, after the kangaroo.

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rattlesnake, including:

Nine ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wasp, with one other government vessel using the name:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird, the albatross. A seventh was planned but never completed:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedy:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ariel, possibly after the archangel Ariel in Judeo-Christian mysticism, but certainly influenced by Shakespeare's "airy spirit" of the same name:

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Recruit:

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Otter, for the otter.

The sixth HMS Harrier was a Dryad-class torpedo gunboat. She was launched at Devonport Dockyard on 20 February 1894, and saw service in the Mediterranean and in fishery protection. She served as a minesweeper during World War I and was sold for commercial use in 1920.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seagull or HMS Sea Gull, after the gull:

A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diligence.

Many vessels have been named Comet, after the astronomical object comet.

References

↑ Veperdi, András. "The journey of SMS Albatross in The Solomons". Mateinfo.hu. Hungarian Seamen Officer's Association. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
↑ "British brig-sloop Albatross (1795)". Three Decks. Simon Harrison. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
↑ "HMS Albatross (1826) (2nd) Survey Schooner". Britains Navy. Ian M King. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
↑ "British brig-sloop Albatross (1842)". Three Decks. Simon Harrison. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
↑ "Albatross AM-71". Navyhistory.com. MultiEducator Inc. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
↑ Curtis, Katina (21 April 2022). "Airbases to get $428 million upgrade as government switches back to national security". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[Albatross1873-1] Veperdi, András. "The journey of SMS Albatross in The Solomons". Mateinfo.hu. Hungarian Seamen Officer's Association. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[Albatross1795-2] "British brig-sloop Albatross (1795)". Three Decks. Simon Harrison. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[Albatross1826-3] "HMS Albatross (1826) (2nd) Survey Schooner". Britains Navy. Ian M King. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[Albatross1842-4] "British brig-sloop Albatross (1842)". Three Decks. Simon Harrison. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[5] "Albatross AM-71". Navyhistory.com. MultiEducator Inc. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

[6] Curtis, Katina (21 April 2022). "Airbases to get $428 million upgrade as government switches back to national security". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]