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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Albion_(R07)_underway_1956.jpg) HMS Albion in 1956
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| History | |
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 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) |
HMS Albion (R07) was a 22,000-ton Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy. The ship was laid down in 1944 and launched in 1947 but did not enter service until 1954. She served in the Royal Navy into the early 1970s.