| Name: | ALBANY |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 06/12/1897 |
| Launched: | 14/01/1899 |
| Completed: | 09/01/1900 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 676 |
| Dimensions: | 3409disp, 330.0 x 43.0 x 16.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (31, 46 & 70 x 30ins), 7500ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 10 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; |
| (1905: 10 x 1 x 5.0ins QF, 10 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; | |
| 3 x 18.0ins torpedoes, (1 x bow & 2 x broadside)) | |
| History: | |
| 09/01/1900 | Government of United States |
| 11/02/1930 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Laid down as ALMIRANTE ABREU for the Government of Brazil |
| 03/1898: Purchased by the United States Goverment | |
| Completion delayed by a fire at the Elswick Works | |
| 1905-1908: Refitted & re-armed with 5.0ins guns | |
| 1922: Decommissioned | |
| 11/02/1930: Sold for breaking up |
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The Marine Engineer 01/02/1899