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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.

Commander Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 24 February, 1902^[10] – 19 January, 1904^[11]
Commander Arthur K. Waistell, 22 February, 1905^[12] – 14 October, 1905^[13]
Lieutenant & Commander Harold V. Dundas, 14 October, 1905^[14]
Lieutenant & Commander Claude L. Cumberlege, 15 January, 1906^[15]
Lieutenant & Commander Herbert M. Denny, 1909^[16]
Lieutenant-Commander Miles B. Birkett, 13 May, 1912^[17] – September, 1913^[18]^[19]
Lieutenant-Commander Clive Phillipps-Wolley, 13 January, 1914^[20]
Lieutenant in Command Ralph Neville, 27 June, 1914^[21]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command John E. Haswell, 28 April, 1916^[22]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Fred Wissler, 26 September, 1917^[23]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William L. Pope, 19 February, 1918^[24]

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.
↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 179/344.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 273.
↑ Cumberbatch Family History
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 274.
↑ Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
↑ Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 295.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391e.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391f.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 727.

Bibliography

[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. (November, 1913). p. 295.

[20] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.

[21] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391e.

[22] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392.

[23] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391f.

[24] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 727.

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