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'''H.M.S. ''Albion''''' was a [[pre-dreadnought]] [[battleship]] of the [[Canopus Class Battleship (1896)|''Canopus'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1901.


==Service==
In October 1905, she was one of thirteen battleships in the [[Channel Fleet]]'s Battle Squadron.
''Albion'' completed at Portsmouth 26 March, 1907{{NLJul08|p. 275}} for service in the [[Atlantic Fleet]].
''Albion'' recommissioned at Chatham 25 August, 1909.{{NLJul13|p. 275}}
By December, 1912 she was with the {{UK-BS|8}}.  In July 1914 she was one of the two flagships in the formation.  On 20 August 1914 she joined the {{UK-BS|7}}.
''Albion'' recommissioned on 5 November, 1918.{{NLSep19|p. 727}}


==Radio==
==Radio==
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[Sydney Robert Fremantle]], 20 September, 1903.<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  possibly in f. 473.</ref>
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Albion''">
*Captain [[Frederick Sidney Pelham]], 1 August, 1905 - 1 October, 1907.<ref>ADM 196/38.  f. 1025.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Warrington Hewett|nick=William W. Hewett|appt=25 June, 1901<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Wednesday, 26 June 1901. (36491), p. 11.</ref><ref>Hewett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 346/398.</ref>|end=8 March, 1902<ref>Hewett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 346/398.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Arthur Henry Limpus|Arthur H. Limpus]], 30 October, 1907.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 275.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=William Christopher Pakenham|nick=William C. Pakenham|appt=30 January, 1902<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 13.</ref>|note=temporary}}
*Captain [[Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss]], 15 March, 1909.{{CN}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|nick=Thomas H. M. Jerram|appt=14 March, 1902<ref>Jerram Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590219}} f. 407.</ref>|end=23 December, 1903<ref>Jerram Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590219}} f. 407.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
*Captain [[Algernon Walker-Heneage-Vivian|Algernon W. Heneage]], 1 August, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 272.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney R. Fremantle|appt=20 September, 1903<ref>Fremantle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 473.</ref>|ass=23 December, 1903<ref>Superseded his predecessor that day.  Jerram Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590219}} f. 407.</ref>|end=1 August, 1905<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 473.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Ernest Kindersley Loring|Ernest K. Loring]], July, 1915.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 392.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Francis Boyle|nick=Robert F. Boyle|appt=1 May, 1905<ref>Boyle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 673.</ref>|end=31 May, 1905<ref>Boyle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 673.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Charles Tibbits]], 25 October, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916).  p. 392.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Sidney Pelham|nick=Frederick S. Pelham|appt=1 August, 1905{{NLNov05|p. 274}}<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  f. 1025.</ref>|end=1 October, 1907<ref>Pelham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38}}.  f. 1025.</ref>}}
*Captain (Acting) [[John Maxwell Dalrymple Elphinstone Warren|John M. D. E. Warren]], 20 June, 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 391''f''.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Henry Limpus|nick=Arthur H. Limpus|appt=30 November, 1907<ref>Limpus Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 137.</ref>|end=15 March, 1909<ref>Limpus Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 137.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Herbert Neville Rolfe|H. Neville Rolfe]] (Retired), 15 November, 1918. And for command of [[H.M.S. Exmouth (1901)|''Exmouth'']].<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 727.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=15 March, 1909<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>|end=2 August, 1909<ref>Wemyss Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Alexander Victor Campbell]],
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Herbert Morgan|nick=Charles H. Morgan|appt=20 August, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 275}}<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>|end=9 August, 1910<ref>Morgan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 323.</ref>|note=and in command of a group of Special Service vessels at Chatham}}
* Captain [[Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram]],
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Judge D'Arcy|nick=Judge D'Arcy|appt=9 August, 1910<ref>D'Arcy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/400.|D8112192}} ff. 478, 40.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 275}}|end=8 August, 1912<ref>D'Arcy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/400.|D8112192}} ff. 478, 40.</ref>|note=and for charge of ships of the 4th Division}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Percy Davidson|nick=Alexander P. Davidson|appt=20 August, 1912<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/6.|D8112195}} ff. 7, 53.</ref>|end=14 June, 1913<ref>Davidson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/6.|D8112195}} ff. 7, 53.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Greville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton|nick=Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton|appt=14 June, 1913<ref>Stapleton-Cotton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/411.|D7576563}} f. 411.</ref>{{NLJul13|p. 275}}|end=7 August, 1913<ref>Stapleton-Cotton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/411.|D7576563}} f. 411.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Barrington Le Fanu|nick=Hugh B. Le Fanu|appt=7 August, 1913<ref>Le Fanu Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/302.|}} f. 303.</ref>|end=9 February, 1914<ref>Le Fanu Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/302.|}} f. 303.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Ernest Henslowe|nick=Ernest Henslowe|appt=9 February, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 276}}|end=3 July, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Bennett Weston Young|nick=George B. W. Young|appt=27 June, 1914<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}}  f. 352.</ref>|end=1 August, 1914<ref>Young Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7602647}}  f. 352.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Algernon Walker-Heneage-Vivian|nick=Algernon W. Heneage|appt=July, 1914<ref>Heneage Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 174.</ref>|end=June, 1915<ref>Heneage Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 130.</ref>|note=initially, for Test Mobilisation}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Hector Lloyd Watts-Jones|nick=Hector L. Watts-Jones|appt=1 August, 1914<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>|end=12 July, 1915<ref>Watts-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/235.|D8112211}} f. 257.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Kindersley Loring|nick=Ernest K. Loring|appt=12 July, 1915<ref>Loring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 103.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 392}}|end=1 February, 1916<ref>Loring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 103.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Victor Campbell|nick=Alexander V. Campbell|appt=1 February, 1916<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/521.|}} f. 465.</ref>|end=18 May, 1916<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/521.|}} f. 465.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Armand Powlett|nick=Frederick A. Powlett|appt=20 July, 1916<ref>Powlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 358.</ref>|end=25 October, 1916<ref>Powlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 358.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Tibbits|nick=Charles Tibbits|appt=25 October, 1916<ref>Tibbits Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 392}}|ass=8 November, 1916<ref>Tibbits Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>|end=14 December, 1916<ref>Tibbits Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/243.|D7602576}} f. 268.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stanhope Hawke|nick=The Hon. Stanhope Hawke|appt=14 December, 1916<ref>Hawke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 433.</ref>|end=25 June, 1917<ref>Hawke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 433.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=John Maxwell Dalrymple Elphinstone Warren|nick=John M. D. E. Warren|appt=20 June, 1917<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/422.|D7602740}} f. 469.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 391''f''}}|end=4 November, 1918<ref>Warren Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/422.|D7602740}} f. 469.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain (retired)|name=Herbert Neville Rolfe|nick=H. Neville Rolfe|appt=15 November, 1918{{NLJun19|p. 727}}|end=6 June, 1919|note=and for command of {{UK-1Exmouth}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Albion_(1898)}}
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-01-HMS_Albion.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Albion_(1898)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 19:11, 11 July 2021

H.M.S. Albion (1898)
Pendant Number: N.48 (1914)
N.00 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Blackwall[2]
Laid down: 3 Dec, 1896[3]
Launched: 21 Jun, 1898[4]
Completed: Jun, 1901[5]
Commissioned: 25 Jun, 1901
Sold: 11 Dec, 1919[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Albion was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Canopus Class in the Royal Navy completed in 1901.

Service

In October 1905, she was one of thirteen battleships in the Channel Fleet's Battle Squadron.

Albion completed at Portsmouth 26 March, 1907[7] for service in the Atlantic Fleet.

Albion recommissioned at Chatham 25 August, 1909.[8]

By December, 1912 she was with the Eighth Battle Squadron. In July 1914 she was one of the two flagships in the formation. On 20 August 1914 she joined the Seventh Battle Squadron.

Albion recommissioned on 5 November, 1918.[9]

Radio

In 1901, while serving on the China Station, she had or was slated to receive a "1 to 52" W/T set.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 34.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  5. ↑ Burt. British Battleships: 1889-1904. p. 172.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 30.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 275.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 275.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 727.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1901. p. 112.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 26 June 1901. (36491), p. 11.
  12. ↑ Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 346/398.
  13. ↑ Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 346/398.
  14. ↑ Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 13.
  15. ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 407.
  16. ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 407.
  17. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  18. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  19. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  20. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 274.
  22. ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 1025.
  23. ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 1025.
  24. ↑ Limpus Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 137.
  25. ↑ Limpus Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 137.
  26. ↑ Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  27. ↑ Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 275.
  29. ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  30. ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 323.
  31. ↑ D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 275.
  33. ↑ D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  34. ↑ Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/6. ff. 7, 53.
  35. ↑ Davidson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/6. ff. 7, 53.
  36. ↑ Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 275.
  38. ↑ Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  39. ↑ Le Fanu Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/302. f. 303.
  40. ↑ Le Fanu Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/302. f. 303.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 276.
  42. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
  43. ↑ Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 352.
  44. ↑ Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 174.
  45. ↑ Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 130.
  46. ↑ Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  47. ↑ Watts-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/235. f. 257.
  48. ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392.
  50. ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  51. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/521. f. 465.
  52. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/521. f. 465.
  53. ↑ Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 358.
  54. ↑ Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 358.
  55. ↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  56. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392.
  57. ↑ Tibbits Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/243. f. 268.
  58. ↑ Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 433.
  59. ↑ Hawke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 433.
  60. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  61. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391f.
  62. ↑ Warren Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/422. f. 469.
  63. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 727.

Bibliography


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