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HMS Albrighton (L 12)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type III) class


HMS Albrighton during the war

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type III) 
PennantL 12 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
Ordered4 Jul, 1940 
Laid down20 Nov, 1940 
Launched11 Oct, 1941 
Commissioned22 Feb, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold to West Germany Navy on 14 May 1959 (like HMS Eggesford), where she served as the frigate Raule F 217.
Sold for scrap to Eisen & Metall in 1969.

The ships bell is reported as displayed at the Albrighton Parish Church,Shropshire.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Ronald Johm Hanson, RN
11 November 1941 – 20 September 1943
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 1 May 1942
DSC awarded on 25 August 1942
DSO awarded on 2 October 1942
Bar to DSO awarded on 6 July 1943

Lt.Cdr. John Joseph Symonds Hooker, RN
20 September 1943 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Albrighton was in Dockyard Control during refit 


Noteable events involving Albrighton include:

12 Dec, 1942
The British destroyers HMS Whitshed, HMS Worcester and HMS Vesper, the British escort destroyers HMS Brocklesby and HMS Albrighton, and the Norwegian escort destroyer Eskdale attacked German shipping in the English Channel. Eskdale torpedoed and sank Sperrbrecher 144/Beijerland (387 BRT) west of Le Treport, France in position 50º05'N, 01º09'E and Whitshed torpedoed and sank Sperrbecher 178/Gauss (1236 BRT) north-east of Dieppe, France in position 50º04'N, 01º09'E.


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