Albuera (ship)
Several ships have been named Albuera, originally for the Battle of Albuera (1811):
- Albuera (1811 ship) was launched at Sunderland. She was wrecked in November 1827.
- Albuera (1826 ship) was launched at Aberdeen. A privateer captured her in 1828, but she returned to her owners. She was wrecked in October 1829.
- Albuera (1854 ship) was launched at Moulmain (British Burma), in 1854. She was last listed in 1881.
- Albuera (1874 ship), of 655 GRT, was built by J.Hillis at Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. She was wrecked in 1888.[1]
See also
Citations and references
Citations
- Wallace (1929), p. 8.
References
- Wallace, Frederick William (1929). Record of Canadian shipping: a list of square-rigged vessels, mainly 500 tons and over, built in the eastern provinces of British North America from the year 1786 to 1920.
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