H.M.S. Albatross (1898)

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H.M.S. Albatross (1898)
Pendant Number: D.32 (1914)
D.44 (Sep 1915)
D.02 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: 1986-97 Programme[3]
Laid down: 27 Nov, 1896[4]
Launched: 19 Jul, 1898[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1900[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Albatross was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

She was built for £66,500, and failed to make her design speed of 32 knots, reaching just 31.35 knots despite developing 7,732 H.P. – more than her designed 7,500 H.P..[8]

Service

In reserve at Malta in December, 1905.[9]

In early 1908, she was in the Mediterranean.[10]

In mid-1911, she was in the Mediterranean.[11]

In February, 1915, Albatross collided with something in Immingham Dock. Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Neville was informed by the Admiral of Patrols that gross carelessness on his part had prompted him to precisely duplicate an earlier accident which had befallen the Earnest.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  8. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 67.
  9. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 273.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 274.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 275.
  12. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.
  13. Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/205. 221.
  14. Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/205. 221.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 221.
  16. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  17. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  18. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 273.
  19. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  20. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  21. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  22. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 273.
  23. Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 384.
  24. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  25. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  26. Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  27. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 274.
  28. Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  29. Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
  30. Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
  31. Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  32. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 274.
  33. Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  34. Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
  35. Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
  36. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 295.
  37. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  38. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  39. Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
  40. Dickens Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 138.
  41. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.
  42. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.
  43. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391e.
  44. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/221. f. 233.
  45. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  46. Chamberlain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/41. f. 41.
  47. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392.
  48. The Navy List. (November, 1917). pp. 391f, 398a.
  49. Wissler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/85. f. 85.
  50. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391f.
  51. Wissler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/85. f. 85.
  52. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 727.
  53. Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/99. f. 99.
  54. Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/99. f. 99.

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