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| + | In reserve at Malta in December, 1905.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December, 1905), p. 273.</ref> | ||
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Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
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| − | * {{LieutRN}} [[Claude Lionel Cumberlege|Claude L. Cumberlege]], 15 January 1906.<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/C%20L%20Cumberlege.htm Cumberbatch Family History]</ref> | + | * {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Harold Victor Dundas|Harold V. Dundas]], 14 October, 1905.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December, 1905), p. 273.</ref> |
| − | *{{LCommRN}} [[Miles Brock Birkett|Miles B. Birkett]], January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 275.</ref> | + | * {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Claude Lionel Cumberlege|Claude L. Cumberlege]], 15 January, 1906.<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bob.cumberbatch/C%20L%20Cumberlege.htm Cumberbatch Family History]</ref> |
| + | * {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Herbert Maynard Denny|Herbert M. Denny]], 1909.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1910), p. 274.</ref> | ||
| + | * {{LCommRN}} [[Miles Brock Birkett|Miles B. Birkett]], January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 275.</ref> | ||
* {{LCommRN}} [[Clive Phillipps-Wolley]], 13 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 275.</ref> | * {{LCommRN}} [[Clive Phillipps-Wolley]], 13 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 275.</ref> | ||
* Lieutenant in Command [[Ralph Neville]], 27 June, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915), p. 271.</ref> | * Lieutenant in Command [[Ralph Neville]], 27 June, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915), p. 271.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:51, 19 March 2014
| H.M.S. Albatross (1898) | |
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| Pendant Number: | D.32 (1914) D.44 (Sep 1915) D.02 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Thornycroft[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 destroyers of the "C" class — 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]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Harold V. Dundas, 14 October, 1905.[10]
- Lieutenant & Commander Claude L. Cumberlege, 15 January, 1906.[11]
- Lieutenant & Commander Herbert M. Denny, 1909.[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander Miles B. Birkett, January, 1912.[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Clive Phillipps-Wolley, 13 January, 1914.[14]
- Lieutenant in Command Ralph Neville, 27 June, 1914.[15]
- Lieutenant, R.N.R. in Command William L. Pope, 19 February, 1918.[16]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 67.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December, 1905), p. 273.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December, 1905), p. 273.
- ↑ Cumberbatch Family History
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 274.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List (February, 1919), p. 727.
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