Albuera (1826 ship)

Albuera was launched at Aberdeen in 1826. She appeared in the Register of Shipping in 1827 mwith Bothwic, master, Amesley & Co., owners, and trade London–Trieste.[2][Note 1] Albuera traded widely, reaching the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and South America.

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Albuera
Namesake:	Battle of Albuera
Builder:	Nicol Reid, Aberdeen[1]
Launched:	17 February 1826[1]
Fate:	Wrecked 24 October 1829
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen:	138 (bm)
Length:	71 ft 5 in (21.8 m)
Beam:	21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
Depth:	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)

On 28 February 1826 the "new brig Albuera of Aberdeen", Captain Borthwick, struck the point of Annet Sand while coming in to Montrose during a gale. She grounded, but was floated off at the next tide without damage.[3]

On 1 February 1828 Felix, Campbell, master, arrived at Liverpool from Buenos Aires. On 27 January 1828 she had spoken Albuera at 16°20′N 88°7′W (off what is now Belize). At the time Albuera was a prize to the privateer Genl St Martin, Captain Adams.[4] Evidently, her captor gave up Albuera as she continued to trade.

Then on 24 October 1829 Albuera, Borthwick, master, struck the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Gibraltar.[5] She had apparently struck some wreck on the Sands and sank in deep water; her crew was saved.[6]

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