H.M.S. Albatross (1898)

H.M.S. Albatross (1898)
Pendant Number:	D.32 (1914) D.44 (Sep 1915) D.02 (Jan 1918)
Builder:	John I. Thornycroft & Company
Ordered:	1986-97 Programme
Laid down:	27 Nov, 1896
Launched:	19 Jul, 1898
Commissioned:	Jul, 1900
Broken up:	1920

H.M.S. Albatross was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — 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..

Service

In reserve at Malta in December, 1905.

In early 1908, she was in the Mediterranean.

In mid-1911, she was in the Mediterranean.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant in Command Hugh P. Buckle, July, 1900  (this appointment is crossed out in his Service Record)
• Lieutenant & Commander Philip J. Stopford, 5 September, 1900 – 13 October, 1900
• Commander Frederic W. Dean, 13 October, 1900 – 20 March, 1902  (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
• Commander Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 24 February, 1902 – 19 January, 1904
• Commander Godfrey M. Paine, 17 January, 1904 – February, 1905^[Inference]
• Commander Arthur K. Waistell, 22 February, 1905 – 14 October, 1905
• Lieutenant & Commander Harold V. Dundas, 14 October, 1905 – 9 January, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Claude L. Cumberlege, 10 January, 1906 – 10 January, 1908
• Lieutenant & Commander Hugh T. Prichard, 1 February, 1908 – 23 September, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander Herbert M. Denny, 23 September, 1909 – May, 1910
• Lieutenant & Commander Reginald T. Amedroz, 17 May, 1910 – 13 May, 1912  (temporary)
• Lieutenant-Commander Miles B. Birkett, 13 May, 1912 – September, 1913
• Lieutenant & Commander Hugh T. England, 1913 – 11 October, 1913
• Lieutenant-Commander (I) Gerald C. Dickens, 11 October, 1913 – 20 November, 1913
• Lieutenant-Commander Clive Phillipps-Wolley, 13 January, 1914
• Lieutenant in Command Ralph Neville, 27 June, 1914 – 3 December, 1915
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Henry N. Chamberlain, 9 March, 1916 – 28 April, 1916
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command John E. Haswell, 28 April, 1916 – late September, 1917
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Fred Wissler, 26 September, 1917 – 19 February, 1918
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William L. Pope, 19 February, 1918 – 1919^{[Fact Check]}

See Also

• Wikipedia