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Fast, adaptable, and exceptionally well-equipped, HMS St Albans is a versatile Type 23 Frigate – and the most recent addition to our frigate fleet.
Travelled on Operation Kipion
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HMS St Albans is a fast, adaptable, versatile frigate. Her specialisms include:
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HMS St Albans is sailed by a crew of 185.
She is a versatile Type 23 Frigate – and the most recent addition to our frigate fleet.
With five Radar systems, six Sonar systems and eight Weapon systems, St Albans is one of the most versatile warships in the world
She sailed more than 38,000 miles on Operation Kipion working with carrier task groups.
A 50-gun fourth rate which served under William of Orange, saw battle in Barfleur, but storms wrecked her off Kinsale in 1693.
Also a fourth rate 50-gunner, she fell victim to a hurricane in Jamaica in 1744.
The third St Albans was a 60 gun fourth rate. She saw action off Africa against the French in a brief but glorious career that ended in 1764.
This ship was heavily engaged in the American Wars of Independence, taking part in the British victories off St Kitts and The Saints (1782).
The fifth bearer of the name began life under the Stars and Stripes in 1918 as the destroyer USS Thomas.
She joined us under the Lend-Lease Agreement in 1940 when Britain acquired numerous US warships for the lease of her bases around the world.
Atlantic 1941-43.
English Channel 1942Arctic 1942.
North Sea 1943.
When Britain decided that the fifth HMS St Albans was no longer needed she was loaned to the USSR, and renamed Dostoinyi (Worthy).
The current St Albans was constructed by BAE Systems at Scotstoun, and delivered to the Royal Navy in November 2001. She is the sixteenth in her class.
HMS St Albans emerged from an extensive £25m refit late in 2014.
HMS St Albans set sail for a nine-month deployment, focusing on maritime security operations, in the Middle East.
She returned to her home port of Portsmouth in August 2016 and is currently the Fleet Ready Escort ship.
In September 2019, HMS St Albans entered extensive refit.
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