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HMS Albemarle Laid Down : 8th January 1900 Launched : 5th March 1901 Completed : 12th November 1903 Type : Battleship Class : Duncan Builder : Chatham Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Sold 19th November 1919. |
HMS Albemarle. Royal Naval battleship of the Duncan Class. HMS Albemarle saw service with the Channel Fleet in 1906. In February 1907 she became the flagship of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe when he was appointed second in command of the Atlantic Fleet and then flagship at Gibraltar in 1909. HMS Albemarle had her crew reduced to minimal in February 1910 while at the Nore but in October of that year became flagship again at Portsmouth. She was then refitted and joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the Home Fleet in 1912 but became a gunnery tender in May 1913 with the 6th Battle Squadron at Portsmouth. HMS Albemarle then joined the Grand Fleet in 1914 serving with the northern patrol. February 1915 she saw service with the 6th and then 3rd Battle Squadron of the Channel Fleet. Badly damaged on November 1915 in heavy weather while in the Pentland Firth. The Albemarle's bridge was swepped away in the mountainous seas. and she has to go into dock, she was repaired and then returned to Scapa Flow in December 1915. She was used as an ice breaker in order to get supplies through to Archangel. After having her guns replaced she served as an overflow ship to the naval barracks at Devonport during May 1917 and November 1918. Armament: Four 12 inch guns in turrets, twelve 6 inch guns, twelve 3 inch guns, six 3 pdr guns, two maxims and four torpedo tubes. Displacement: 14,000 tons. Speed: 19 knots. Complement: 750. Length: 405 ft. Breadth: 75.5 ft. Depth: 27.25 ft. |
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HMS Albemarle, 1903. | HMS Albemarle with inset Rear Admiral Sir Richard Poore. | HMS Abemarle | HMS Albemarle. |
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8th January 1900 - Laid down at Chatham Dockyard 5th January 1901 - Launched November 1903 - Mediterranean Fleet 12th November 1903 - Commissioned 12th November 1903 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral W. Des. V. Hamilton 12th November 1903 - Capt. A.L. Duff in Command 29th July 1904 - Joined the Mediterranean Fleet October 1904 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 29th October 1904 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral William Des Voeux Hamilton 29th October 1904 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 1st November 1904 - Arrived Gibraltar February 1905 - Channel Fleet October 1905 - Mediterranean Fleet 30th January 1906 - Recommissioned at Chatham for the Channel Fleet 30th January 1906 - Capt. E.S. Fitzherbert in Command February 1906 - Channel Fleet June 1906 - Captain Edward S. Fitzherbert in Command June 1906 - Flag of Rear Admiral Groome June 1906 - Channel Fleet 20th June 1906 - At Bereshaven 31st January 1907 - Atlantic Fleet 11th February 1907 - Collided with Battleship HMS Commonwealth suffering minor bow damage June 1907 - Channel Fleet December 1907 - Flagship. Rear Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe 7th December 1907 - Captain William E. Goodenough in Command December 1908 - Atlantic Fleet April 1909 - Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet 12th June 1909 - Fleet Review at Spithead 17th July 1909 - Thames Review 18th September 1909 - Sailed Sheerness for St. Catherines Point 18th September 1909 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir C.R. Keppel December 1909 - Atlantic Fleet 29th January 1910 - At Dover September 1910 - Home Fleet 23rd June 1911 - At Spithead for Fleet Review June 1914 - Grand Fleet August 1914 - Channel Fleet 8th August 1914 - 6th Battle Squadron in Reserve at Devonport August 1915 - Grand Fleet August 1916 - Served at Murmansk as icebreaker August 1916 - In reserve April 1919 - Decommissioned 1st May 1919 - Cdr. J.A. Ingles in Command 19th November 1919 - Sold For Break Up |
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Last edited : 14:45, October 12, 2012
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