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| Name | Victoria and Albert (1855) | Explanation | |
| Type | Yacht | ||
| Launched | 16 January 1855 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 2345 tons | ||
| Displacement | 2470 tons | ||
| Guns | |||
| Fate | 1904 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | Laid down as Windsor Castle. Ships book ADM 136/1 | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 3 March 1855 - 25 January 1862 | Commanded by Captain Joseph Denman, Portsmouth | ||
| 23 January 1862 - 23 March 1863 | Commanded by Captain George Henry Seymour, Portsmouth | ||
| 7 April 1863 - 31 December 1876 | Commanded by Captain Prince Ernest L.V.C.A.J.E Leiningen, Portsmouth | ||
| 1 January 1877 - 12 February 1877 | Commanded by Captain Hugh Campbell, Portsmouth, until he died | ||
| 15 March 1877 - 1884 | Commanded by Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, Portsmouth | ||
| 15 October 1884 - 1 January 1893 | Commanded by Captain John Reginald Thomas Fullerton | ||
| 1 January 1893 - 1901 | Commanded by Rear-Admiral John Reginald Thomas Fullerton | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| We 4 August 1847 | The Royal squadron to accompany Her Majesty to Scotland will consist of the Royal yachts Victoria and Albert and Fairy, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., the Birkenhead iron steam troopship, Commander Ingram; the Undine steam yacht, Master Commander Allen; the Garland steam vessel, Master Commander Luke Smithett; and, possibly, the Fire Queen steam yacht, Lieutenant Commander Johnston, of the Comet. About the 12th inst. will be the time for leaving Osborne. | ||
| Fr 22 December 1854 | By the command of Her Majesty, the new Royal steam yacht, now nearly ready for launching at Pembroke, is to be named the Victoria and Albert, and the present Victoria and Albert is to have her name changed to the Osborne. | ||
| Fr 21 April 1876 | The following Is the official account of the movements of Her Majesty's ships for Thursday, April 20: Portsmouth.— Victoria and Albert, Alberta, and Enchantress sailed 20th forenoon for Cherbourg. Plymouth.— Squirrel and Sealark, 19th inst. left at 4 35 p.m. for Falmouth, to commence their cruising with boys. Australian Station.— Commodore Hoskins was in the Pearl at Auckland on the 18th of April; Barracouta had arrived there from Samoa; Sapphire at Samoa, Her Majesty's ship Challenger.— Letters from [for?] the Challenger are now to be sent to Portsmouth to await arrival. | ||
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