| Name: | ALBACORE |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 01/09/1905 |
| Launched: | 19/09/1906 |
| Completed: | 03/1909 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 786 |
| Dimensions: | 440disp, 215.0 x 21.0 x 8.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR Geared, 8000hp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 1 x 12pdr guns, 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 1908 | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| 03/1909 | British Royal Navy |
| 01/08/1919 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Palmer Class of destroyers |
| 1905: Built as a speculative contract | |
| 1907: Offered to The Admiralty for about £75000 | |
| 1909: Purchased by The Admiralty for £45000 | |
| 1913: Reclassified as a B Class destroyer | |
| 09/03/1917: Damaged by a mine off Kirkwall. Subsequently repaired | |
| 01/08/1919: Sold for breaking up to TR Sales |
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