HMS Albrighton, Destroyer of the Hunt Class

HMS Albrighton was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She entered service in February 1942, carrying out convoy escort, patrol and anti-shipping attacks for most of the rest of the Second World War, and taking part in the Dieppe Raid and the Allied invasion of Normandy. In 1957, she was sold to the West German Navy, serving as a training ship until 1968.

United Kingdom
Name: HMS Albrighton
Ordered: 4 July 1940
Builder: John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down: 30 December 1940
Launched: 11 October 1941
Commissioned: 22 February 1942
Identification: pennant number: L12
Fate: Sold to West Germany, 11 November 1957

West Germany
Name: Raule
Acquired: 11 November 1957
Decommissioned: 1968
Identification: pennant number: F217