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{{Short description|Battle-class destroyer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = United Kingdom
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
| Ship name = HMS ''Albuera''
| Ship builder = [[Vickers Armstrong]], [[Newcastle on Tyne]]
| Ship laid down = 16 September 1943
| Ship launched = 28 August 1945
| Ship fate = Broken up incomplete 1950
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Ship class = {{sclass2|Battle|destroyer}}
| Ship displacement = *2,325 tons standard
*3,430 tons full load
| Ship length = {{convert|379|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draught = {{convert|15.3|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2 boilers, {{convert|50,000|shp|MW|lk=in|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|35.75|kn}}
| Ship range = {{convert|4,400|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
| Ship complement = 268
| Ship armament = *2 × dual [[QF 4.5 inch naval gun|4.5-inch (114 mm) gun]]
*1 × single [[QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun|4-inch (102 mm) gun]]
*14 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm gun]]
*10 × [[British 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] torpedo tubes
*1 × [[Squid (weapon)|Squid mortar]]
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'''HMS ''Albuera''''' ( pennant number I51) was a [[Royal Navy]] [[Battle-class destroyer]], ordered on 10 March 1943 from Vickers Armstrong on the Tyne. She was laid down on 16 September 1943 and launched on 28 August 1945. The order was cancelled on 15 October 1945 and she was sold incomplete for scrapping to [[Thos. W. Ward]], arriving at [[Inverkeithing]] on 21 November 1950.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenton |first1=H.T. |title=Navies of the Second World War British Fleet and Escort Destroyers Volume 2 |date=1970 |publisher=Macdonald |location=London |isbn=0356031225 |page=60}}</ref>

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[[Category:Battle-class destroyers of the Royal Navy]]
[[Category:Proposed ships of the Royal Navy]]
[[Category:1945 ships]]