Three ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Albany'': * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745 and captured by the French in 1746. * was a 14-gun sloop, launched as ''Tavistock'' 1745. She was renamed in 1747 and was sold in 1763. * was the ex-American ''Rittenhouse''. She was purchased in 1776 and broken up in 1780.

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