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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=6 August, 1909{{NLMay02|p. 274}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Oliver Gladstone|nick=Edward O. Gladstone|appt=6 August, 1909{{NLMay02|p. 274}}|end=}} | ||
{{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=}} | ||
| + | {{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=1914}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Francis Herbert Cole|nick=John F. H. Cole|appt=January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 275}}|end=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={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Francis Eric Palliser|nick=Arthur F. E. Palliser|appt=August, 1914{{NLSep14|p. 271}}|end=late 1914}} | ||
Revision as of 12:35, 13 June 2016
| H.M.S. Albacore (1906) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Palmer[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
Guns
By 1912-13, her three 12-pdr P. I mountings bore register numbers 274, 275 and 276 and were fitted with "Training Gear".[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant John G. de O. Coke, 17 June, 1909[7] – c. 6 August, 1909[Inference]
- Commander Edward O. Gladstone, 6 August, 1909[8]
- Commander Julian H. Woodbridge, January, 1912[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 3 December, 1913[10] – 17 January, 1914[11][12] (and in command of reduced T.B.Ds.)
- Commander John F. H. Cole, January, 1914[13] – 1914
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur F. E. Palliser, August, 1914[14] – late 1914
- Lieutenant-Commander (ret) Percy J. Helyar, 26 October, 1914[15]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Lawrence W. Newbery-Boschetti, 9 March, 1916[16]
- Lieutenant, R.N.R in Command William H. Brown, 12 September, 1918[17]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 186/182. p. 55.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 17 June, 1909. Issue 38988, col B, p. 9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 274.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 275.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 391e.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 727.
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