ABLE SEAMAN R ALLEN, ON THE HUNT III-CLASS DESTROYER ‘ALBRIGHTON’,
WITH A 14-ROUND POM-POM BELT FOLLOWING AN ACTION IN WHICH IT HELPED
SINK TWO GERMAN SUPPLY SHIPS AND AN E-BOAT NEAR BRITTANY IN APRIL 1943.
IN 1956, THE DESTROYER WAS TRANSFERRED AS ONE OF SEVEN ‘FRIGATES’ TO REBUILD THE GERMAN NAVY