H.M.S. Albacore (1906)

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H.M.S. Albacore (1906)
Builder: Palmer[1]
Ordered: Purchased 1909[2]
Launched: 19 Sep, 1906[3]
Sold: 1 Aug, 1919[4]

H.M.S. Albacore was one of twenty-four destroyers of the "B" class — a "30 knotter".

Along with Bonetta, Albacore was one of two Palmer destroyers built "on spec" and subsequently purchased in 1909 by the Admiralty to replace destroyers lost in accidents.

Service

Guns

By 1912-13, her three 12-pdr P. I mountings bore register numbers 274, 275 and 276 and were fitted with "Training Gear".[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  5. The National Archives. ADM 186/182. p. 55.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 17 June, 1909. Issue 38988, col B, p. 9.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 275.
  8. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 275.
  9. The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 271.
  10. The Navy List (December, 1918), p. 727

Bibliography


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