Allied Warships
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
| Navy | The Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | I 15 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 23 Mar 1918 |
| Launched | 4 Jul 1918 |
| Commissioned | 14 Apr 1941 |
| End service | Feb 1944 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Returned to the Royal Navy on 4 February 1944. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Skule Valentin Storheill Lt. Folke Hauger Johannesen Lt.Cdr. Harald Voltersvik |
| Former name | HMS St. Albans (I 15) |
Commands listed for HNoMS St Albans (I 15)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Gunnar Hovdenak, | 14 Apr 1941 | 27 Jul 1941 |
| 2 | Skule Valentin Storheill, | 27 Jul 1941 | 6 Jun 1943 |
| 3 | Folke Hauger Johannesen, | 6 Jun 1943 | 3 Aug 1943 |
| 4 | Harald Voltersvik, | 3 Aug 1943 | 4 Feb 1944 |
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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)