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HMS Albrighton

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destroyers ordered as part of the 1940 War Emergency Programme on that date. The Hunt class was meant to fill the Royal Navy's need for a large number of small destroyer-type vessels capable of both convoy escort and operations with the fleet. The Type III Hunts differed from the previous Type II
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that drove two propeller shafts, generating 19,000 shaft horsepower (14,000 kW) at 380 rpm. This gave a speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). 345 long tons (351 t) of oil fuel were carried, giving a range of 3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km; 4,300 mi) at 15 knots
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was re-equipped to better fit the ship to the role of anti-submarine training, with her armament being modified, with the forward 4-inch mounting being removed and the quadruple "pom-pom" replaced by a 40 mm Bofors gun, and more modern anti-submarine equipment fitted.
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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 was damaged in a collision with a Landing Ship, then was assigned to the British
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providing close-in anti-aircraft fire. Like many of the Hunts, a single 2-pounder "pom-pom" was later mounted on the ship's bow for close-in combat with small fast vessels such as German
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shipyard on 30 December 1940. Construction was slowed by damage received during German air raids, with the ship being launched on 11 October 1941 and commissioning on 22 February 1942.
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then returned to normal duties with the First Destroyer Flotilla, and on 12 December 1942, took part in Operation Valuable, an attack on a German convoy off Dieppe, when the German
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at Devonport, following the sinking of two enemy supply ships off Brittany. 29 April 1943. He carries ammunition for one of the ship's 2-pounder pom-pom guns. (IWM A16193)
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served as an escort vessel for landing craft and as a reserve headquarters ship for several weeks before returning to patrol operations. On 12 August,
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in April 1942, being deployed on convoy escort and anti-E-boat operations, engaging German E-boats on 24 April and 6 May. On 19 June 1942,
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on 19 August 1942, escorting landing craft. She received minor damage from German shore batteries, and when the destroyer
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ships in replacing a twin 4-inch gun mount by two torpedo tubes to improve their ability to operate as destroyers.
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chutes, four depth charge throwers and 70 depth charges comprised the ship's anti-submarine armament.
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raising steam at 300 pounds per square inch (2,100 kPa) and 620 °F (327 °C) fed
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for control and landing craft in preparation for the upcoming invasion of France. When the
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dual purpose (anti-ship and anti-aircraft) guns in two twin mounts, with a quadruple
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3,700 nmi (6,900 km; 4,300 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
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was damaged by a torpedo when rescuing survivors from the torpedoed depot ship
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then returned to the United Kingdom as part of the escort for Convoy MKF 001.
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was decommissioned in 1968 and was sold for scrap to Eisen and Metall of
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was reconverted to a destroyer, joining the 21st Destroyer Flotilla at
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formed part of a large force of Hunt-class destroyers (also including
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7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m). Displacement was 1,050
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was damaged in this action, with eight killed and 25 wounded.
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on 23 May 1945, and following repairs, was allocated to the
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was one of seven frigates selected for transfer to the new
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before commissioning in the German Navy on 14 May 1959 as
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and 1,490 long tons (1,514 t) under full load. Two
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until December that year. As the war had now ended,
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was 264 feet 3 inches (80.54 m) long
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Albrighton Hunt
John Brown & Company
Clydebank
Pennant number
West Germany
Pennant number
Type III Hunt-class
destroyer
pp
oa
Parsons
geared turbines
knots
QF 4 in Mark XVI guns
QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII
20 mm Oerlikons
21 in (533 mm) torpedo
tubes
depth charges
Hunt-class destroyer
Royal Navy
Dieppe Raid
German auxiliary cruiser Komet
Allied landings in North Africa
Normandy Landings
Eastern Fleet
Liverpool
West German
Navy

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