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==Service==
==Service==
In mid-1911, part of the {{UK-DF|4}}, part of Home Fleet.{{NLJul11|p. 275}}
On 29 October 1917, {{LieutRNR}} [[Gilbert Henry Flavel]] was cautioned following a collision between ''Albacore'' and the collier ''Sanpan''.<ref>Flavel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/71.|}} f. 71.</ref>


==Guns==
==Guns==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=John Gilbert de Odingsells Coke|nick=John G. de O. Coke|appt=17 June, 1909<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/399.|D7602718}} f. 441.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 17 June, 1909.  Issue '''38988''', col B, p. 9.</ref>|end=6 August, 1909<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/399.|D7602718}} f. 441.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=John Gilbert de Odingsells Coke|nick=John G. de O. Coke|appt=17 June, 1909<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/399.|D7602718}} f. 441.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 17 June, 1909.  Issue '''38988''', col B, p. 9.</ref>|end=6 August, 1909<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/399.|D7602718}} f. 441.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=6 August, 1909<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 274}}|end=15 August, 1910<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=6 August, 1909<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 274}}|end=15 August, 1910<ref>Gladstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/129.|D7602915}} f. 144.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Wilberforce Myburgh|nick=Robert W. Myburgh|appt=15 August, 1910<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 274}}|end=25 July, 1911<ref>Myburgh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/385.|D7602704}} f. 246.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster|nick=Forster D. Arnold-Forster|appt=1 August, 1911<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>|end=10 January, 1912<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Forster Delafield Arnold-Forster|nick=Forster D. Arnold-Forster|appt=1 August, 1911<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>|end=10 January, 1912<ref>Arnold-Forster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/166.|D7602952}} f. 186.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Julian Herbert Woodbridge|nick=Julian H. Woodbridge|appt=January, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 275}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Julian Herbert Woodbridge|nick=Julian H. Woodbridge|appt=January, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 275}}|end=3 December, 1913}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=3 December, 1913<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|end=17 January, 1914<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref><ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|note=and in command of reduced T.B.Ds.}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=3 December, 1913<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|end=17 January, 1914<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref><ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|note=and in command of reduced T.B.Ds.}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Francis Herbert Cole|nick=John F. H. Cole|appt=January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 275}}|end=May, 1914<ref>Cole Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/461.|D7603244}}  f. 533.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Francis Herbert Cole|nick=John F. H. Cole|appt=January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 275}}|end=May, 1914<ref>Cole Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/461.|D7603244}}  f. 533.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Francis Eric Palliser|nick=Arthur F. E. Palliser|appt=August, 1914{{NLSep14|p. 271}}|end=late 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Francis Eric Palliser|nick=Arthur F. E. Palliser|appt=August, 1914{{NLSep14|p. 271}}|end=late 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (ret)|name=Percy John Helyar|nick=Percy J. Helyar|appt=26 October, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 391''e''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Percy John Helyar|nick=Percy J. Helyar|appt=26 October, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 391''e''}}|end=8 February, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Lawrence William Newbery-Boschetti|nick=Lawrence W. Newbery-Boschetti|appt=9 March, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 392}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Lawrence William Newbery-Boschetti|nick=Lawrence W. Newbery-Boschetti|appt=9 March, 1916<ref>Newbery-Boschetti Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/57/44.|C14619284}} f. 44.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 392}}|end=11 April, 1917<ref>Newbery-Boschetti Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240/57/44.|C14619284}} f. 44.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Harmer Brown|nick=William H. Brown|appt=12 September, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 727}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Gilbert Henry Flavel|nick=Gilbert H. Flavel|appt=19 June, 1917{{NLAug17|p. 391''f''}}|end=19 October, 1917<ref>Flavel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/71.|}} f. 71.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRNR}}|name=Robert McMurray|nick=Robert McMurray|appt=12 January, 1918<ref>McMurray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/55/159.|}} f. 159.</ref>|end=12 September, 1918|note=apparently went to {{UK-Avon}} on 12 Sep, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=William Harmer Brown|nick=William H. Brown|appt=12 September, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 727}}|end=10 March, 1919<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/60/10.|C14619919}} f. 10.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 15:30, 17 June 2022

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]

On 29 October 1917, Lieutenant R.N.R. Gilbert Henry Flavel was cautioned following a collision between Albacore and the collier Sanpan.[7]

Guns

By 1912-13, her three 12-pdr P. I mountings bore register numbers 274, 275 and 276 and were fitted with "Training Gear".[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 275.
  7. Flavel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/71. f. 71.
  8. The National Archives. ADM 186/182. p. 55.
  9. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 17 June, 1909. Issue 38988, col B, p. 9.
  11. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/399. f. 441.
  12. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  13. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 274.
  14. Gladstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/129. f. 144.
  15. Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 274.
  17. Myburgh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/385. f. 246.
  18. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
  19. Arnold-Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/166. f. 186.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 275.
  21. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  22. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  23. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  24. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.
  25. Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  26. The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 271.
  27. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391e.
  28. Newbery-Boschetti Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/44. f. 44.
  29. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392.
  30. Newbery-Boschetti Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/44. f. 44.
  31. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391f.
  32. Flavel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/71. f. 71.
  33. McMurray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/159. f. 159.
  34. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 727.
  35. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/10. f. 10.

Bibliography


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