# Albatross (disambiguation)

An albatross is one of a family of large winged seabirds.
Albatross or Albatros may also refer to:

## Animals

* Albatross (butterfly) or Appias, a genus of butterfly
* Albatross (horse) (1968–1998), a Standardbred horse

## Literature

* Albatross Books, a German publishing house that produced the first modern mass market paperback books
* Albatros Literaturpreis, a literary award
* "L'albatros" (poem) ("The Albatross"), 1859 poem by Charles Baudelaire
* The Albatross (novella), a 1971 novella by Susan Hill
* The Albatross, the fictional propeller-sustained airship in Jules Verne's novel Robur the Conqueror
* Albatross (novel), a 2019 novel by Terry Fallis

## Film and television

* Films Albatros, a French film production company which operated between 1922 and 1939
* Albatross (2011 film), a British film
* Albatross (2015 film), an Icelandic film
* Albatross (2022 film), an American drama film
* Drift Away (film), French title Albatros, a 2021 French drama film
* Albatross (Monty Python sketch), a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, first appearing in 1970
* "Albatross" (Star Trek: The Animated Series), a 1974 episode of the animated television series
* "Albatross" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), a 2007 episode of the television crime drama

## Music

* An Albatross, an American artcore/grindcore band
* Albatross (Nepali band)

### Albums

* Albatross (Big Wreck album) (2012)
* Albatross (The Classic Crime album) (2006)
* Albatross, a 2005 album by The Standard
* The Albatross (album), a 2013 album by Foxing
* Albatross (Fleetwood Mac album), a 1977 compilation album by Fleetwood Mac and Christine Perfect

### Songs

* "Albatross" (Big Wreck song), 2011
* "Albatross" (Corrosion of Conformity song), 1994
* "Albatross" (instrumental), by Fleetwood Mac, 1968
* "Albatross", an unreleased song by Brave Saint Saturn
* "Albatross", by Judy Collins from Wildflowers, 1967
* "Albatross", by Public Image Ltd. from Metal Box, 1979
* "Albatross", by Wild Beasts, 2011
* "Albatross", by Foals from What Went Down, 2015
* "Albatross", by Kevin Devine from Nothing's Real, So Nothing's Wrong, 2022
* "Albatross", by English Teacher from This Could Be Texas, 2024
* "The Albatross", by Taylor Swift from The Tortured Poets Department, 2024
* "Albatross", by Throwing Muses from Moonlight Concessions, 2025

## Transportation
### Aircraft

* Albatros Airlines (Turkey), a Turkish charter airline from 1992 to 1996
* Albatros Airways, an Albanian budget airline
* Albatros Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturer
* Albatross Soaring Machine, an unsuccessful flying machine designed by William Paul Butusov in 1896
* Aero L-39 Albatros, a Czech jet trainer aircraft
* de Havilland Albatross, a four-engine British transport aircraft
* Grumman HU-16 Albatross, a US Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard amphibious flying boat
* Beriev A-40 Albatros, a Russian amphibious plane
* Gossamer Albatross, a human-powered airplane
* L'Albatros artificiel, gliders built by Jean-Marie Le Bris in 1856–1868
* "Albatross" drones, reconnaissance drones developed for the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the Russian company Albatross, which operates the Yelabuga drone factory

### Automobiles

* Albatros (1912 automobile), a French automobile
* Albatros (1922 automobile), a British automobile
* Albatross (automobile), an American sports car venture that was planned in 1939

### Trains

* V250 (train) or Albatross, a high-speed train designed to operate between Amsterdam and Brussels
* Albatross, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915

### Ships

* List of ships named Albatros or Albatross

## Other uses

* Albatross (cloth), a lightweight, soft material with a napped and slightly creped surface
* Albatross (golf), a score of three under par on a hole
* Albatross (metaphor), an encumbrance or a wearisome burden
* Albatross (Rolling Thunder), a video game character
* Albatross, Missouri
* Grupo Albatros, a special operations service of the Argentine Naval Prefecture
* HMAS Albatross (air station), a Royal Australian Navy base
* Albatross Marine, a British manufacturer of very light aluminium speedboats
* Michael Gross (swimmer) or "The Albatross", former professional swimmer
* Albatross stores, special stores in the Soviet Union to sell foreign goods for special coupons