HMS Albrighton (L12)
Navy: | Royal Navy |
Type: | Escort destroyer |
Class: | Hunt (Type III) |
Pennant: | L 12 |
Built by: | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
Laid down: | 20 Nov, 1940 |
Launched: | 11 Oct, 1941 |
Commissioned: | 22 Feb, 1942 |
End service: | Sold for scrap to Eisen & Metall in 1969. |
History: | Sold to West Germany Navy on 14 May 1959 (like HMS Eggesford), where she served as the frigate Raule F 217.The ships bell is reported as displayed at the Albrighton Parish Church,Shropshire. |