HMS Albatross (1898)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Albatross.

Albatross in Mediterranean colours, sometime before 1904
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Albatros
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick
Cost£68,311[1]
Yard number317
Laid down27 November 1896
Launched19 July 1898
CommissionedJuly 1900
Out of service1919
FateSold 7 June 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeThornycroft three funnel - 33 knot destroyer[2][3]
Displacement
  • 430 long tons (437 t) light
  • 490 long tons (498 t) full load
Length
  • 227 ft 0 in (69.2 m) o/a
  • 225 ft 0 in (68.58 m) w/l
Beam21 ft 3 in (6.5 m)
Draught8 ft 4+1⁄2 in (2.6 m)
Installed power7,645 ihp (5,701 kW)
Propulsion
Speed31.4 kn (58.2 km/h) (on trials)
Range
  • 105 tons coal
  • 1,545 nmi (2,861 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement69–73 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914–1918

HMS Albatross was an experimental torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy authorised under the 1896–97 Naval Estimates and built by John I. Thornycroft & Company of Chiswick on the River Thames. She was contracted to be faster, larger and more powerful than existing designs.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference FD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905 Sampson Low Marston, London]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
  3. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
  4. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898, Sampson Low Marston, London]. Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898. New York: ARCO Publishing Company. pp. 84–85.
  5. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. p. 76.