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HMS Albion Laid Down : 23rd March 1944 Launched : 6th May 1947 Completed : 26th May 1947 Type : Aircraft Carrier Class : Centaur Builder : Swan Hunter Country : UK Pennants : R07 Fate : Scrapped 9th July 1973. |  |
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  HMS Albion, July 1958. |   HMS Albion, April 1964. |   HMS Albion, September 1966. |   HMS Albion, September 1967. |   HMS Albion, September 1967. |
  HMS Albion entering the harbour in Malta. |   HMS Albion. |
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6th December 1947 - Launched 27th May 1957 - Review of the Home Fleet in Cromarty Firth by H.M. Queen 18th July 1958 - Sailed Rosyth for Portsmouth 13th February 1959 - Arrived Sydney 13th February 1959 - Capt. A.B. Cole in Co 11th December 1959 - Completed refit at Portsmouth January 1960 - Captain F. M. A. Torrens-Spence, D.S.O., D.S.C., A.F.C. in Command 2nd February 1960 - Deployed to the Far East 26th March 1960 - Anchored in Piraeus Bay 13th April 1960 - Arrived Singapore 21st May 1960 - Arrived Hong Kong 26th May 1960 - Sailed Hong Kong 2nd July 1960 - Arrived Hong Kong 8th July 1960 - Sailed Hong Kong 21st August 1960 - Assisted SS Twinhorse with casualty 23rd August 1960 - Arrived Hong Kong 1st September 1960 - Sailed Hong Kong 1st August 1962 - Commissioned 18th September 1962 - In Plymouth Sound 3rd November 1962 - Deployed to the Far East 9th December 1962 - Sailed Mombassa 13th December 1962 - Arrived Singapore. Sailed same day 8th January 1963 - Sailed Singapore 23rd February 1963 - Arrived Hong Kong March 1963 - Exercised of East Coast of Borneo 18th April 1963 - Arrived off Borneo 22nd July 1963 - Sailed Penang 12th August 1963 - Sailed Singapore 7th September 1963 - Sailed Singapore 23rd September 1963 - Sailed Hong Kong 29th September 1963 - Off Borneo 30th September 1963 - Sailed Labuan 4th October 1963 - Arrived Singapore 3rd November 1963 - Arrived Tobruk 12th November 1963 - Sailed Aden for Singapore 8th December 1963 - Sailed Borneo 18th December 1963 - Arrived Singapore 19th December 1963 - Sailed Singapore for Hong Kong 23rd December 1963 - Arrived Hong Kong January 1964 - Off Tawau 16th January 1964 - Off Rajang River 18th January 1964 - Sailed Rajang River 19th January 1964 - Arrived Singapore 22nd January 1964 - Sailed Singapore for Hong Kong 25th January 1964 - Arrived Hong Kong 18th March 1964 - Sailed Kilindini Harbour May 1964 - Capt. John Harold Adams in Command 14th May 1964 - J.H. AdamsAssumed Command 23rd November 1964 - Sailed Portsmouth for trials 23rd November 1964 - Commissioned 12th March 1965 - Deployed to the Far East 22nd March 1965 - At Port Said 9th April 1965 - Sailed Aden 18th April 1965 - Sailed Mombassa 28th April 1965 - Arrived Singapore 25th November 1965 - Sailed Aden 31st December 1965 - At Singapore January 1966 - J.H. Adams Relinquished Command January 1966 - Captain Place Assumed Command 1st January 1966 - Sailed Singapore 3rd November 1967 - At Aden for the withdrawal 14th July 1968 - Sailed Wilhelmshaven July 1972 - Stricken | |||
HMS Albion Artwork Collection |
  HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman. |   HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman. |
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