page_title: HMS Albacore (1909)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Albacore (1909)
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of British B class destroyer HMS ALBACORE with her bows blown off after hitting a mine. Note&#160;: See also British National Archives ADM137/3217 Damage to H.M.S. ALBACORE by mine http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=5046913&amp;CATLN=6
context_page_description: HMS Albacore was a "thirty-knotter" destroyer of the British Royal Navy, which was later classified as part of the B class. She was built by Palmer's of Yarrow as a private venture, launching in 1906, and being purchased in 1909. She served through the First World War before being sold for scrap in 1919.
context_section_description: HMS Albacore was a "thirty-knotter" destroyer of the British Royal Navy, which was later classified as part of the B class. She  was built by Palmer's of Yarrow as a private venture, launching in 1906, and being purchased in 1909. She served through the First World War before being sold for scrap in 1919.
caption: Albacore after hitting a mine in 1917
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