She was launched on 21 June 1898, after Mary of Teck, The Duchess of York christened her, a wave created by Albion's entry into the water caused a stage from which 200 people were watching to collapse into a side creek, and 34 people, mostly women, and children drowned in one of the worst peacetime disasters in Thames history.
She was launched on 21 June 1898, after Mary of Teck, The Duchess of York christened her, a wave created by Albion's entry into the water caused a stage from which 200 people were watching to collapse into a side creek, and 34 people, mostly women, and children drowned in one of the worst peacetime disasters in Thames history.
