HMS Albatross (1898)

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.

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
Yard number317
Laid down27 November 1896
Launched19 July 1898
CommissionedJuly 1900
Out of service1919
FateSold 7 June 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeThornycroft three funnel - 33 knot destroyer
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
  • 4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler
  • 3 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines,
  • driving 2 shafts
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
  • 1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 gun on a P Mark I low angle mount
  • 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun on a Mark I* low angle mount
  • 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914–1918
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