HMS Prins Albert (4.35)

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Landing Ship Infantry
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	4.35
Mod	LSI(S)
Built by	Cockerill (Hoboken, Belgium)
Ordered
Laid down
Launched	23 Apr 1937
Commissioned	1941
End service
History	Completed as passenger ship in 1937. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy on 24 July 1940 and converted to an LSI(S). Displacement: 2938 tons. Lenght: 370 feet Complement: 200 Machinery: 2 Shafts, Diesel engines, SHP 17000 = 23 knots. Armament: 2 12pdr AA guns (2x1), 2 2pdr AA (2x1), 6 20mm AA (6x1) Carried 8 LCA's and 250 troops Returned in April 1946.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Henry Benjamin Peate, RNR	24 Jul 1941	2 Dec 1944
2	A/Lt.Cdr. Edward Christian St. Arnand Coles, RD, RNR	2 Dec 1944	5 Nov 1945

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