This is a list of ships that have carried the name Albatros or Albatross, after
the seabird.
Merchant ships
Albatros (19th-century ship) – an American-owned ship that brought news of the outbreak of the War of 1812 to W. P. Hunt.
USFC Albatross – a fisheries research ship in service with the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries from 1882 to 1898 and from 1898 to 1903 and with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1903 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1921 which saw service in the United States Navy as USS Albatross in 1898 and from 1917 to 1919.
Albatros (1899) – a ketch which was the last sailing vessel trading commercially in Europe. Now a sail training vessel.
Albatross (1920 schooner) – a Dutch/German sailing ship that was later used as a training ship, inspiring the film White Squall.
USFS Albatross II – a fisheries research ship in service with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1926 to 1932 which saw service in the United States Navy as the tug USS Patuxent (AT-11) from 1909 to 1924.
US FWS Albatross III – a fisheries research ship built in 1926 as the trawler Harvard. In service with the United States National Fish and Wildlife Service from 1948 to 1959 and briefly saw service with the United States Coast Guard in 1944 as USCGC Bellefonte.
Albatros, a hydrofoil in service on Lake Geneva between 1964 and 1972
NOAAS Albatross IV (R 342) – a fisheries research ship in commission with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1963 to 1970 and with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1970 to 2008.
MS Albatros – a cruise liner built in 1973, scrapped in 2021
FV Albatros a Dutch fishing trawler in service 1971-74
Naval ships
Australia
HMAS Albatross (1928) – a seaplane carrier launched in 1928 that left service in 1933 and was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1938.
HMS Albatross (1938) – a
seaplane tender launched in 1928 for the
Royal Australian Navy. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1938, and converted to a repair ship in 1942. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and was sold for scrapping in 1954.
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This is a list of ships that have carried the name Albatros or Albatross, after
the seabird.
Merchant ships
Albatros (19th-century ship) – an American-owned ship that brought news of the outbreak of the War of 1812 to W. P. Hunt.
USFC Albatross – a fisheries research ship in service with the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries from 1882 to 1898 and from 1898 to 1903 and with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1903 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1921 which saw service in the United States Navy as USS Albatross in 1898 and from 1917 to 1919.
Albatros (1899) – a ketch which was the last sailing vessel trading commercially in Europe. Now a sail training vessel.
Albatross (1920 schooner) – a Dutch/German sailing ship that was later used as a training ship, inspiring the film White Squall.
USFS Albatross II – a fisheries research ship in service with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1926 to 1932 which saw service in the United States Navy as the tug USS Patuxent (AT-11) from 1909 to 1924.
US FWS Albatross III – a fisheries research ship built in 1926 as the trawler Harvard. In service with the United States National Fish and Wildlife Service from 1948 to 1959 and briefly saw service with the United States Coast Guard in 1944 as USCGC Bellefonte.
Albatros, a hydrofoil in service on Lake Geneva between 1964 and 1972
NOAAS Albatross IV (R 342) – a fisheries research ship in commission with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1963 to 1970 and with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1970 to 2008.
MS Albatros – a cruise liner built in 1973, scrapped in 2021
FV Albatros a Dutch fishing trawler in service 1971-74
Naval ships
Australia
HMAS Albatross (1928) – a seaplane carrier launched in 1928 that left service in 1933 and was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1938.
HMS Albatross (1938) – a
seaplane tender launched in 1928 for the
Royal Australian Navy. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1938, and converted to a repair ship in 1942. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and was sold for scrapping in 1954.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.