HMS Albrighton
HMS Albrighton was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer built for the British Royal Navy. She entered service in February 1942, first carrying out an attack on German ships in the English Channel then taking part in the Dieppe Raid, rescuing survivors from the sinking destroyer HMS Broke. Albrighton was next assigned to search for and destroy the German auxiliary cruiser Komet, then escorted a convoy to Gibraltar in prevision of the Allied landings in North Africa. Between December 1942 and April 1943, she participated in the sinking of three more Axis ships with the First Destroyer Flotilla. During the Normandy Landings in June 1944, Albrighton served as a headquarters ship, then sank two German trawlers in the weeks after the invasion. After being converted to a destroyer in early 1945, she w
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HMS Albrighton
HMS Albrighton was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer built for the British Royal Navy. She entered service in February 1942, first carrying out an attack on German ships in the English Channel then taking part in the Dieppe Raid, rescuing survivors from the sinking destroyer HMS Broke. Albrighton was next assigned to search for and destroy the German auxiliary cruiser Komet, then escorted a convoy to Gibraltar in prevision of the Allied landings in North Africa. Between December 1942 and April 1943, she participated in the sinking of three more Axis ships with the First Destroyer Flotilla. During the Normandy Landings in June 1944, Albrighton served as a headquarters ship, then sank two German trawlers in the weeks after the invasion. After being converted to a destroyer in early 1945, she w
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HMS Albrighton was a Type III ...... etal in Hamburg the next year.
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Le HMS Albrighton (pennant num ...... la Bundesmarine jusqu'en 1968.
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1957-11-11
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1942-02-22
1959-05-14
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1940-12-30
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8.04672e+1
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1940-07-04
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1941-10-11
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Sold for scrap, 1969
Sold toWest Germany, 11 November 1957
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Ship acquired
1957-11-11
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* 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on ...... h charges, 4 throwers, 2 racks
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Ship commissioned
1942-02-22
1959-05-14
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United Kingdom
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West Germany
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Ship displacement
* standard,
* full load
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Ship fate
Sold for scrap, 1969
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Pennant number: F217
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Pennant number: L12
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Ship laid down
1940-12-30
Ship launched
1941-10-11
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* pp,
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Albrighton
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Ship ordered
1940-07-04
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*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
*2 shaft Parsons geared turbines,
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HMS Albrighton was a Type III ...... destroyer in early 1945, she w
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Le HMS Albrighton (pennant num ...... la Bundesmarine jusqu'en 1968.
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HMS Albrighton (L12)
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HMS Albrighton
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Raule (F 217)
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Albrighton
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Raule
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