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| Name | Albert (1840) | Explanation | |
| Type | Exploration vessel | ||
| Launched | 29 August 1840 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 457 tons | ||
| Displacement | 340 tons | ||
| Guns | 3 | ||
| Fate | 1850 | ||
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| Note | 1843.07.13 wrecked. Later salved and transferred to Gambia govt. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 8 September 1840 - 12 November 1841 | Commanded by Commander Henry Dundas Trotter, west coast of Africa (in command of the 1841 Niger expedition), until invalided | ||
| 18 November 1841 - 29 November 1842 | Commanded by Commander Edmund Gardiner Fishbourne, west coast of Africa | ||
| 12 June 1843 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Daniel Woodruffe, coast of Africa | ||
| (1 February 1845) | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Andrew Robert Dunlap, west coast of Africa | ||
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