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Revision as of 14:39, 6 August 2020
| H.M.S. Albacore (1906) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[1] |
| Ordered: | Purchased 1909[2] |
| Launched: | 19 Sep, 1906[3] |
| Completed: | 27 Mar, 1909[4] |
| Sold: | 1 Aug, 1919[5] |
H.M.S. Albacore was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — 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
In mid-1911, part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, part of Home Fleet.[6]
Guns
By 1912-13, her three 12-pdr P. I mountings bore register numbers 274, 275 and 276 and were fitted with "Training Gear".[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant John G. de O. Coke, 17 June, 1909[8][9] – 6 August, 1909[10]
- Commander Edward O. Gladstone, 6 August, 1909[11][12] – 15 August, 1910[13]
- Commander Robert W. Myburgh, 15 August, 1910[14][15] – 25 July, 1911[16]
- Commander Forster D. Arnold-Forster, 1 August, 1911[17] – 10 January, 1912[18]
- Commander Julian H. Woodbridge, January, 1912[19] – 3 December, 1913
- Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 3 December, 1913[20] – 17 January, 1914[21][22] (and in command of reduced T.B.Ds.)
- Commander John F. H. Cole, January, 1914[23] – May, 1914[24]
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur F. E. Palliser, August, 1914[25] – late 1914
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Percy J. Helyar, 26 October, 1914[26] – 8 February, 1916
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Lawrence W. Newbery-Boschetti, 9 March, 1916[27][28] – 11 April, 1917[29]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Gilbert H. Flavel, 19 June, 1917[30]
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Robert McMurray, 12 January, 1918[31] – 12 September, 1918 (apparently went to Avon on 12 Sep, 1918)
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William H. Brown, 12 September, 1918[32] – 10 March, 1919[33]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 275.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 186/182. p. 55.
- ↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 17 June, 1909. Issue 38988, col B, p. 9.
- ↑ Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 274.
- ↑ Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
- ↑ Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 274.
- ↑ Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 275.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.
- ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391e.
- ↑ Newbery-Boschetti Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/44. f. 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392.
- ↑ Newbery-Boschetti Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/44. f. 44.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391f.
- ↑ McMurray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/159. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 727.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/10. f. 10.
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