HMS Albion (07)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Albion
- Type
- Aircraft Carrier
- Class
- Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- Pennant Number
- 07
- Launched
- 1947
- Built at
- Swan Hunter
- Commissioned
- 1954
- Armament
- Carrier air group
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Aircraft carrier
- Notable for
- Carrier and commando role
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1976
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Albion served first as an aircraft carrier and later in an amphibious support role during the postwar era.
Other Ships with this Name (4)
- HMS Albion (07) (this page)
- HMS Albion (L14) – Albion-class landing platform dock
- HMS Albion (1763) – Third-rate ship of the line
- HMS Albion (1898) – Canopus-class battleship
- HMS Albion (1947) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier