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HNoMS St Albans (I 15)

Destroyer of the Town class


St Albans as seen mid-war.

World Ship Photo Library Photograph with thanks to Jan Visser

NavyThe Royal Norwegian Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassTown 
PennantI 15 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Mar, 1918 
Launched4 Jul, 1918 
Commissioned14 Apr, 1941 
End serviceFeb, 1944 
Loss position
 
HistoryReturned to the Royal Navy on 4 February 1944.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Gunnar Hovdenak
14 April 1941 - 27 July 1941

Lt.Cdr. Skule Valentin Storheill
27 July 1941 - 06 June 1943

Lt. Folke Hauger Johannesen
06 June 1943 - 03 August 1943

Lt.Cdr. Harald Voltersvik
03 August 1943 - 04 February 1944 

Former nameHMS St. Albans (I 15)

Noteable events involving St Albans include:

Served with the Liverpool Escort Force from 22 June 1941 until 01 December 1942.

Served with the Western Local Escort Force at Halifax, Canada from 19 April 1943 until 26 December 1943.

12 Jun, 1941
The British merchant Empire Dew is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-48 in the North Atlantic in position 51º09'N, 30º16'W. HNoMS St. Albans (Lt.Cdr. S. Storheill) later picks up 19 survivors.

3 Aug, 1941
The German submarine U-401 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 50º27'N, 19º50'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wanderer (Cdr. A.F.St.G. Orpen, RN), the Norwegian destroyer St. Albans (Lt.Cdr. S. Storheill) and the British corvette HMS Hydrangea (Lt. J.E. Woolfendon, RNR). (see map)


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