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.

In February, 1915, Albatross collided with something in Immingham Dock. Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Neville was informed by the Admiral of Patrols that gross carelessness on his part had prompted him to precisely duplicate an earlier accident which had befallen the Earnest.

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 Henry C. D. Field, 20 November, 1913 – 14 January, 1914
• 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 – 16 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 – 23 February, 1918
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William L. Pope, 19 February, 1918 – 12 March, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia