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Her first action was in the Crimean War during the Siege Of Sevastopol on October 17 1854 . While ''Albion's'' commanding officer, Captain Stephen Lushington was commanding a Naval Brigade providing vital heavy artillery support for the Allied forces besieging Sevastopol , ''Albion'' under the command of Commander Henry Rogers joined over 50 British and French warships of various types into action. The Russians suffered heavy casualties but the Allies had failed to seriously damaged the batteries. Though the Anglo-French Fleet had received in comparison, lighter casualties, with about 500 killed or wounded in total. The Allies though had been battered by the Russian batteries, indeed ''Albion'' had been set on fire three times during the engagement, and without the assistance of the courageous tugs, would surely have succumbed to her damage and ran aground. In 1861 she was converted to a steam screw propulsion at Devonport but the modifications were never finished. She was kept in reserve in Devonport for more than twenty years, before the decision was made to scrap her, with her finally being broken up at Devonport in 1884 . See HMS ''Albion'' for other ships of this name. |
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