HMS Albion (R07)
HMS Albion (R07) was a 22,000-ton Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy.
HMS Albion in 1956 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Albion |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 22 March 1944 |
| Launched | 16 May 1947 |
| Commissioned | 26 May 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 1973 |
| Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Identification | pennant number: R07 |
| Motto | Fortiter, Fideliter, Feliciter (Latin: Boldly, Faithfully, Successfully) |
| Fate | Scrapped 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Centaur-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | 22,000 tons standard, 27,000 tons full load |
| Length | 737.75 ft (224.87 m) |
| Beam | 123 ft (37 m) |
| Draught | 27.8 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 1596 (including air group) |
| Armament | 2 sextuple Bofors 40 mm AA ; 8 twin Bofors 40 mm ; 4 single Bofors 40 mm ; 4 single 3-pounder saluting guns |
| Armour | 1 to 2-inch (51 mm) flight deck |
| Aircraft carried | 42 (decreased to 26 with jet fighters) |
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