Albury in December 1942 |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon |
| Launched: | 21 November 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 17 February 1919[1] |
| Fate: | Sold 13 March 1947 for scrap Dohmen & Habets, Liege |
| Notes: | Pennant number: J41 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Aberdare sub-class |
| Displacement: | 710 tons |
| Length: | 231 ft (70 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow-type boilers, Vertical triple-expansion engines, 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp |
| Speed: | max 16 knots |
| Range: | 140 tons coal |
| Complement: | 73 men |
| Armament: | 1x QF 4 inch forward QF 12 pounder aft 2x twin 0.303 inch machine guns |
HMS Albury was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy that served during both World War I and World War II.
The later Hunt class ships are sometimes referred to as the Albury class.
On 19 January 1942 she was involved in a collision with HMS Sutton, another Hunt-class minesweeper, and took serious damage.[2]
Albury took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, Operation Dynamo.
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