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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.A.S. ''Albatross'' (1928)|fate2=to Royal Navy |comm=23 Jan, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 292}} |cat=SeaplaneCarrier |customFooter=true |launch=23 Feb, 1928 |builder=[[Cockatoo Dockyard]] |type=seaplane carrier |fate=Transferred |fatedate=1938 |order= |chain=Aviation Ships |name=Albatross |laid=16 Apr, 1926 |nat=AU |decomm=26 Apr, 1933 |pend= |fg=gold|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.A.S. ''Albatross''''' was a seaplane tender which entered service in the [[Royal Australian Navy]] in 1929. ==Service== ''Albatross'' was commissioned at Sydney on 23 January, 1929. In mid-1931, she was carrying [[Royal Australian Air Force]] Flight 101. Eight aviators were assigned to her at the time.{{NLJul31|p. 292}} She re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 January, 1932 with six aviators assigned.{{NLJan33|p. 295}} She paid off into E Class Reserve at Sydney on 26 April, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 295}} After five years service, the ship was taken out of service. In 1938, ''Albatross'' was transferred to Britain, becoming '''H.M.S. ''Albatross'''''. She served as a repair ship for the Royal Navy throughout World War II. ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Albatross''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Henry James Feakes|nick=Henry J. Feakes|appt=14 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 292}}|end=August, 1931}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cuthbert John Pope|nick=C. J. Pope|appt=3 August, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 295}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|nick=Hubert G. D. Acland|appt=1938|end=1938}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Sheridan-Patterson|nick=Richard Sheridan-Patterson|appt=|end=3 February, 1939|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Albatross''}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Victor Barton|nick=Reginald V. Barton|appt=3 February, 1939<ref>Barton Service Record. {{TNA|196/56/181.|}} f. 183.</ref>|end=1 August, 1939<ref>Barton Service Record. {{TNA|196/56/181.|}} f. 183.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Albatross''|note=vice Sheridan-Patterson}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(1928)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} <!--{{Footer British Aviation Ships}} --> {{DEFAULTSORT:Albatross}} {{CatShipSeaplaneCarrier|AU}} {{CatClassSeaplaneCarrier|AU}} <!-- data nat=AU cat=SeaplaneCarrier type=seaplane carrier customFooter=true chain=Aviation Ships {ship name=Albatross pend= builder=[[Cockatoo Dockyard]] order= laid=16 4 26 launch=23 2 28 comm=23 1 29{{NLJul31|p. 292}} decomm=26 4 1933 fate=Transferred fate2=to Royal Navy fatedate=1938 } data -->

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