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'''H.M.S. ''Blanche''''' was one of four third class protected cruisers of the [[Barracouta Class Cruiser (1889)|''Barracouta'' class]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1890.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Blanche''''' was one of four third class protected cruisers of the [[Barracouta Class Cruiser (1889)|''Barracouta'' class]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1890.
  
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There was a small cruiser named {{UK-Blanche}} that came after and fought in the [[Great War]].
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There was a small cruiser named {{UK-1Blanche}} that came after and fought in the [[Great War]].
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==Service==
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Commissioned at Devonport on 30 December, 1890.{{NLMar92|p. 204}}
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Shortly before she was to pay off to allow her crew to return to England, on or around 11 December 1893, ''Blanche'' suffered an accident at [[Simonstown]] while firing a salute to the Admiral's flag.  After seven shots, a powder charge ignited upon being placed into the breech, shattering the left arm and devastating the face and eyes of one man, and another man's suffered a head wound likely to cost him his vision.  Other men were wounded to a lesser degree.{{NMI|Tuesday, Dec 12, 1893; pg. 5; Issue 34132}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Robert Lindley|nick=George R. Lindley|appt=30 December, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 204}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Robert Lindley|nick=George R. Lindley|appt=30 December, 1890<ref>Lindley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/38.|}} f. 794.</ref>{{NLMar92|p. 204}}|end=30 June, 1893<ref>Lindley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/38.|}} f. 794.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Locke Marx|nick=John L. Marx|appt=15 August, 1893<ref>Marx Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 862.</ref>|end=28 August, 1894}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Locke Marx|nick=John L. Marx|appt=15 August, 1893<ref>Marx Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 862.</ref>|end=28 August, 1894<ref>Marx Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 862.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Murray Thomas Parks|nick=Murray T. Parks|appt=20 November, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 231}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Peyton Hoskyns|nick=Peyton Hoskyns|appt=10 September, 1895|end=|note=to take her to Cape station, then to transfer to {{UK-1Blonde}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=18 July, 1902<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Marwood Colson Festing|nick=Henry M. C. Festing|appt=1 November, 1895<ref>Festing Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17/266.|}} f. 259.</ref>|end=24 December, 1895<ref>Festing Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/17/266.|}} f. 259.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Murray Thomas Parks|nick=Murray T. Parks|appt=20 November, 1900{{NLMay02|p. 231}}|end=17 April, 1902|note=invalided}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=18 July, 1902<ref>Foot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 218.</ref>|end=4 August, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 234}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry James Langford Clarke|nick=Henry J. L. Clarke|appt=4 August, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 234}}|end=}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 20:34, 14 December 2021

H.M.S. Blanche (1889)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: May, 1888[2]
Launched: 6 Sep, 1889[3]
Commissioned: 30 Dec, 1890[4]
Sold: 1905[5]

H.M.S. Blanche was one of four third class protected cruisers of the Barracouta class completed for the Royal Navy in 1890.

There was a small cruiser named Blanche that came after and fought in the Great War.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 30 December, 1890.[6]

Shortly before she was to pay off to allow her crew to return to England, on or around 11 December 1893, Blanche suffered an accident at Simonstown while firing a salute to the Admiral's flag. After seven shots, a powder charge ignited upon being placed into the breech, shattering the left arm and devastating the face and eyes of one man, and another man's suffered a head wound likely to cost him his vision. Other men were wounded to a lesser degree.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 81.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 81.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 81.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 204.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 81.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 204.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 12, 1893; pg. 5; Issue 34132.
  8. ↑ Lindley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/38. f. 794.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 204.
  10. ↑ Lindley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/38. f. 794.
  11. ↑ Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 862.
  12. ↑ Marx Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 862.
  13. ↑ Festing Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/266. f. 259.
  14. ↑ Festing Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17/266. f. 259.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 231.
  16. ↑ Foot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 218.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 234.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 234.

Bibliography


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