H.M.S. Albion (1898)

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H.M.S. Albion (1898)
Pendant Number: N.48 (1914)
N.00 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Blackwall[2]
Laid down: 3 Dec, 1896[3]
Launched: 21 Jun, 1898[4]
Completed: Jun, 1901[5]
Commissioned: 25 Jun, 1901
Sold: 11 Dec, 1919[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Albion was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Canopus Class in the Royal Navy completed in 1901.

Service

In October 1905, she was one of thirteen battleships in the Channel Fleet's Battle Squadron.

Albion completed at Portsmouth 26 March, 1907[7] for service in the Atlantic Fleet.

Albion recommissioned at Chatham 25 August, 1909.[8]

By December, 1912 she was with the Eighth Battle Squadron. In July 1914 she was one of the two flagships in the formation. On 20 August 1914 she joined the Seventh Battle Squadron.

Albion recommissioned on 5 November, 1918.[9]

Radio

In 1901, while serving on the China Station, she had or was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  5. Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 172.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 275.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 275.
  9. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 727.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 26 June 1901. (36491), p. 11.
  12. Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 346/398.
  13. Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 346/398.
  14. Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 13.
  15. Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 407.
  16. Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 407.
  17. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  18. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  19. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  20. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  21. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 274.
  22. Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 1025.
  23. Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 1025.
  24. Limpus Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 137.
  25. Limpus Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 137.
  26. Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  27. Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 275.
  29. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  30. Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  31. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  32. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 275.
  33. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  34. Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/6. ff. 7, 53.
  35. Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/6. ff. 7, 53.
  36. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 275.
  38. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  39. Le Fanu Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/302. f. 303.
  40. Le Fanu Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/302. f. 303.
  41. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 276.
  42. Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
  43. Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
  44. Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 174.
  45. Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 130.
  46. Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  47. Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  48. Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  49. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392.
  50. Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  51. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/521. f. 465.
  52. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/521. f. 465.
  53. Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 358.
  54. Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 358.
  55. Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  56. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392.
  57. Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  58. Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 433.
  59. Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 433.
  60. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  61. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391f.
  62. Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  63. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 727.

Bibliography


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