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Palmers 30-knots modified destroyers (ALBACORE) (2, 1909)
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Albacore 1910
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albacore | Palmer, Jarrow | 9.1905 | 19.9.1906 | 3.1909 | sold for BU 8.1919 | ||
| Bonetta | Palmer, Jarrow | 9.1905 | 14.1.1907 | 3.1909 | sold for BU 6.1920 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 440 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 550 |
| Length, m | 65.7 oa 65.6 pp |
| Breadth, m | 6.48 |
| Draught, m | 2.20 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Reed boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 7000 |
| Max speed, kts | 26.5 |
| Fuel, t | coal 91 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 3 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4) |
| Complement | 56 |
Graphics
Bonetta
Albacore 1910
Project history
Two destroyers were laid down by Palmer of Jarrow in September 1905 on speculation and completed in 1907. They were then bought in March 1909 as 'stock' boats to replace Tiger and Lee. They were in general similar to the standard 30-knotters, with turtleleback forecastles, but had a more powerful armament of 3 12pdr, and had turbines. Listed as 'B' class from 1 October 1913.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Bonetta served mainly as tender to submarine flotillas.
