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Other uses and borrowings of the name are listed below.

1 Mythology

Albion is the original tutelary god of Britain ( Alba). He is the Titan son of Poseidon and brother of Atlas. He assisted Atlas and Iberius (god of Ireland) to contest the Western passage of Hercules.

2 Literature

• Albion is a character in the poetry of William Blake.

• The phrase Perfidious Albion meaning "treacherous Britain" was coined in a poem of 1793 by Augustin, Marquis of Ximenez .

• Albion’s England is the title of a long historical poem on the history of England published in 1586 by William Warner.

3 Computer games

• In the computer game FableFable is an action role-playing game that is currently exclusive to Xbox. In Fable the player takes control of a young man's life from childhood to old age in the fictional world of Albion. The choices one makes have consequences on the character and the, Albion is the main continent on which the game is played.
• AlbionAlbion is a roleplaying game released by Blue Byte Software in 1995. In the year 2227, the gigantic, interstellar space ship Toronto reaches a distant solar system. The ship's owners, a huge corporation, believe that there are rich deposits of raw materia is a PC roleplaying game made by Blue Byte SoftwareBlue Byte Software is a developer of computer games based in Dusseldorf, Germany. The company was founded in October 1988 by Thomas Hertzler and Lothar Schmitt in Mulheim. Their first published game was the tennis simulation Great Courts released in 1989 in 1996.

4 Ships

There are several shipA ship like a boat, is a vehicle designed for passage or transportation by water. A ship usually has sufficient size to carry its own boats, such as lifeboats, dinghies, or runabouts. A rule of thumb saying (though it doesn't always apply) goes: "a boat cs named Albion:

• HMS AlbionThere have been nine ships to bear the illustrious name of HMS Albion from a Third-rate ship of the line to a commando carrier to today's Albion class LPD's (Landing Platform Dock Ships). The ships motto is "Boldly Faithfully Happily" and each and everyon
• HMS Albion (R07)Career Ordered: Laid down:22 March 1944 Launched:16 May 1947 Commissioned:26 May 1954 Decommissioned:1973 Fate:Scrapped Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: Motto: T
• HMS Albion (L14)The ninth and current Albion (2001-present) is one of the newest additions to the Royal Navy and is the nameship of a class of two, state of the art Landing Platform Dock Ships (LPD's) that will be a welcome addition to an already powerful amphibious assa
• EFF AlbionGundam space vessels In Gundam, Albion (MSC-07) is the seventh Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier, and the first of the Albion subclass. During the One Year War, technology advanced quickly, and ships ordered during the war quickly became obsolete as devel is a fictional ship in the Gundam 0083 anime series.