HMS Albatross (1898)

	Albatross in Mediterranean colours, sometime before 1904
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Albatros
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick
Cost	£68,311
Yard number	317
Laid down	27 November 1896
Launched	19 July 1898
Commissioned	July 1900
Out of service	1919
Fate	Sold 7 June 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Thornycroft 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;
Beam	21 ft 3 in (6.5 m)
Draught	8 ft 4+1⁄2 in (2.6 m)
Installed power	7,645 ihp (5,701 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 3 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines,; driving 2 shafts;
Speed	31.4 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);
Complement	69–73 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

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.

History
Albatross in Mediterranean colours, sometime before 1904
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Albatros
Ordered	1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick
Cost	£68,311
Yard number	317
Laid down	27 November 1896
Launched	19 July 1898
Commissioned	July 1900
Out of service	1919
Fate	Sold 7 June 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Thornycroft 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
Beam	21 ft 3 in (6.5 m)
Draught	8 ft 4+1⁄2 in (2.6 m)
Installed power	7,645 ihp (5,701 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler 3 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines, driving 2 shafts
Speed	31.4 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)
Complement	69–73 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