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H.M.S. Albury (1918)
Pendant Number:	N.9/ (Jan 1919) T.41 (Nov 1919)^[1]
Builder:	Ailsa Shipbuilding Company^[2]
Ordered:	mid 1917^[3]
Launched:	21 Nov, 1918^[4]
Sold:	13 Mar, 1947^[5]

H.M.S. Albury was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Albury paid off at the Nore on 21 November, 1919. In January, 1921, she was at Harwich, one of forty-one paid off minesweepers there. She remained there at least until March, 1925.^[6]^[7]

In late 1925, she and Dunoon and Pangbourne were three of twelve minesweepers in the Central Reserve at Sheerness selected for foreign service which would be fitted out for hot weather to accommodate senior officers.^[8]

She was re-commissioned on 22 March, 1927 for work with the First Minesweeping Flotilla.^[9]

Reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 9 November, 1934.^[10]

Albury was re-commissioned at Chatham on 20 July, 1937 for service with the First Minesweeping Flotilla.^[11]

Captains

Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Reginald H. Stringer, 27 January, 1919^[12]^[13] – September, 1919^[14]
Lieutenant in Command Arthur H. B. Day, 10 July, 1924^[15] – c. 21 August, 1924^[16] (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
Lieutenant-Commander Alban Knubley, 22 March, 1927^[17] – 3 January, 1928
Lieutenant-Commander Guy Langham, 3 January, 1928^[18]^[19] – 28 April, 1929^[20]
Commander William S. Bardwell, 22 May, 1929^[21] – 1 May, 1931^[22]
Commander Ivan W. Whitehorn, 1 May, 1931^[23] – 1 May, 1933
Commander John C. Maclean, 1 May, 1933^[24]^[25] – 1934^[26]
Commander William S. Bardwell, 1 July, 1935^[27] – 28 August, 1935^[28]
Commander Lionel C. P. Tudway, 16 September, 1935^[29] – 5 February, 1936^[30]
Lieutenant-Commander Colin H. Corbet-Singleton, 21 August, 1939^[31] – June, 1941^[32]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command John S. Gordon-Christian, June, 1941^[33] – 19 April, 1943^[34]
Temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Frederick Bradley, 19 April, 1943^[35] – 7 September, 1944^[36]
Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Harry L. D. Hoare, 7 September, 1944^[37] – 13 December, 1944^[38]
Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Norman H. B. Bloye, 13 December, 1944^[39] – early 1945^[40]

Alexander Guy Berners Wilson was supposed to command the ship for the 1924 Reserve Fleet Exercises,^[41] but this is not in his service record, and is in Arthur Day's.

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "/" denotes Oblique pendant here. p. 112.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 215.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 707a.
↑ "Minesweepers for Foreign Service." The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 06, 1925; pg. 7; Issue 44112.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 255.
↑ Stringer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/375. f. 77.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 1329.
↑ Stringer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/375. f. 77.
↑ Day Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/113. f. 113.
↑ Day Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/113. f. 113.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 214.
↑ Langham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/83. f. 85.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
↑ Langham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/83. f. 85.
↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
↑ Maclean Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/6. f. 6.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.
↑ Maclean Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/6. f. 6.
↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
↑ Tudway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/168. f. 168.
↑ Tudway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/168. f. 168.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.

Bibliography

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "/" denotes Oblique pendant here. p. 112.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.

[4] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.

[5] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 112.

[6] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 215.

[7] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 707a.

[8] "Minesweepers for Foreign Service." The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 06, 1925; pg. 7; Issue 44112.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.

[10] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.

[11] The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 255.

[12] Stringer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/375. f. 77.

[13] The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 1329.

[14] Stringer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/82/375. f. 77.

[15] Day Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/113. f. 113.

[16] Day Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/113. f. 113.

[17] The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 214.

[18] Langham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/83. f. 85.

[19] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.

[20] Langham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/83. f. 85.

[21] Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.

[22] Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.

[23] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.

[24] Maclean Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/6. f. 6.

[25] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 214.

[26] Maclean Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/6. f. 6.

[27] Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.

[28] Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.

[29] Tudway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/168. f. 168.

[30] Tudway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/168. f. 168.

[31] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[32] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[33] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[34] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[35] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[36] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[37] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[38] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[39] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[40] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[41] "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.

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+{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel Charles Paul Tudway|nick=Lionel C. P. Tudway|appt=16 September, 1935<ref>Tudway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/168.|}} f. 168.</ref>|end=5 February, 1936<ref>Tudway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/168.|}} f. 168.</ref>}}
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+[[Alexander Guy Berners Wilson]] was supposed to command the ship for the 1924 Reserve Fleet Exercises,{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}} but this is not in his service record, and is in [[Arthur Henry Bullen Day|Arthur Day's]].
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