The HMS Alban Disaster 1812

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On the 17th of December 1812, HMS Alban struck a sandbank. Starting a string of events that would claim over 40 lives.

Sources

Three Decks
https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2954

The Gazette
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16139/page/573
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16400/page/1313
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16561/page/73
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16375/page/806
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16582/page/477
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1681

British Warship Losses In The Age Of Sail 1649-1860 by David Hepper (Book)

The Lost Ships Of The Royal Navy 1793-1900 by W.P.Gosset (Book)

Shipwrecks Of The Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras by Terence Grocott (Book)

The National Archives
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110802041628/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_v.pdf

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