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| | HMS Albion (R07) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The eighth HMS Albion was a 22,000 ton Centaur-class light fleet carrier built on the Tyne by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. |
 | | Her keel was laid down in 1944, with her being launched in May 1947, but she was not fully completed until May 1954, and after an initial work up with her air group, joined the Mediterranean Fleet in September that same year, becoming flagship of Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers. |
 | | In July 1958 the Albion had a sample of what she would one day become, when she embarked 42 Commando, Royal Marines, with all it's vehicles and additional equipment to the Middle East. |
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