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HMS Albion
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HMS Albion was built by Swan Hunter and laid down 23 March 1944 being launched 6 May 1947 and on the 26 May 1954.was ready for service. in 1956 HMS Albion took part in the the Suez conflict with her aircraft participating in air assaults. In 1961 she was converted to helicopter carrier able to carrier up to 900 Royal Marines and 16 Westland Wessex helicopters, HMS Albion served in Aden and Indonesia in 1966. She was eventually sold in October 1973 for a planned conversion to a heavy lift and repair ship but this conversion was cancelled and she was finally broken up at Faslane, Scotland in November 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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