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: 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.

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. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  11. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  12. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  13. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
  14. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 273.
  15. Cumberbatch Family History
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 274.
  17. Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
  18. Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.
  20. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391e.
  21. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391f.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 727.

Bibliography


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