Editing HMS St Albans

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Six ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''St Albans''''' after the English city and ducal family of [[St Albans]]:

* {{HMS|St Albans|1687}} was a 50-gun [[fourth-rate]] [[ship of the line]] launched in 1687. She fought at [[Battle of Bantry Bay|Bantry Bay]] in 1689 and at [[Battle of Barfleur|Barfleur]] in 1691 before being wrecked in a gale in [[Kinsale]] harbour in 1693.
* {{HMS|St Albans|1706}} was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1706. She was rebuilt in 1718 and served in the war against Spain from 1739, mainly in the [[West Indies]]. She was wrecked in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] during a hurricane in 1744.
* {{HMS|St Albans|1747}} was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1747. She served against the French from 1756 and participated in the [[Battle of Lagos (1759)]] before being sold in 1765.
* {{HMS|St Albans|1764}} was a 64-gun [[third rate]] launched in 1764.  She served in the [[American War of Independence]] from 1777 and was part of the fleet that captured [[Saint Lucia]] and won victories at [[Battle of Saint Kitts]] and [[Battle of the Saintes|The Saintes]]. She was converted to a [[floating battery]] in 1803, refitted as a 64-gun ship in 1807, recommissioned, and sent out to the [[East Indies]] and China. By 1810 she was off [[Cádiz]]. She was paid off in 1812 and was broken up in 1814.
* {{HMS|St Albans|I15}} was the American destroyer {{USS|Thomas|DD-182|6}}, transferred to Britain in late 1940 as part of the [[Destroyers for Bases Agreement]]. Initially used for escort duties, she was transferred to the Russians in 1944 before being returned to be scrapped in 1949.
* {{HMS|St Albans|F83}} is a [[Type 23 frigate|Type 23]] Duke-class [[frigate]]. She was launched in 2000 and is currently in service.

There was also '''HMS ''St Albans Prize''''', an 18-gun [[sixth rate]] captured from the French in 1691 by {{HMS|St Albans|1687}} and sold in 1698.

==Battle honours==
Ships named ''St Albans'' have earned the following [[Battle honour#Naval battle honours|battle honours]]:
*[[Action at Barfleur|Barfleur 1692]]
*[[Battle of Lagos|Lagos 1759]]
*[[Battle of St. Lucia|St Lucia 1778]]
*[[Battle of Saint Kitts|St Kitts 1782]]
*[[Battle of the Saintes|The Saints 1782]]
*[[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic 1941–43]]
*English Channel 1942
*[[Arctic naval operations of World War II|Arctic 1942]]
*North Sea 1943

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041122223422/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/3489.html Royal Navy]

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