HMS "Albemarle" was a pre-dreadnought of the Royal Navy, named after George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle. Built to counter a group of fast Russian battleships, "Albemarle" and her sister ships were capable of steaming at , making them the fastest battleships in the world. The "Duncan"-class battleships were armed with a main battery of four guns and they were broadly similar to the s, though of a slightly reduced displacement and thinner armour layout. As such, they reflected a development of the lighter second-class ships of the . "Albemarle" was built between her keel laying in January 1900 and her completion in November 1903.