HMS Albacore (1909)
Albacore after hitting a mine in 1917 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Albacore |
| Ordered | 8 May 1908 |
| Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow |
| Laid down | 1 September 1905 |
| Launched | 9 October 1906 |
| Commissioned | 27 March 1909 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 1 August 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 21 ft 0+1⁄4 in (6.41 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.97 m) |
| Installed power | 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 26.75 kn (49.54 km/h; 30.78 mph) |
| Complement | 56 officers and men |
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HMS Albacore was a "thirty-knotter" destroyer of the British Royal Navy, which was later classified as part of the B class. She was built by Palmer's of Yarrow as a private venture, launching in 1906, and being purchased in 1909. She served through the First World War before being sold for scrap in 1919.