H.M.S. Blake (1889)

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H.M.S. Blake (1889)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard [1]
Laid down: Jun, 1888[2]
Launched: 23 Nov, 1889[3]
Commissioned: 2 Feb, 1892[4]
Sold: 9 Jun, 1922[5]

The first class protected cruiser H.M.S. Blake one of two Blake class cruisers completed in the early 1890s. She served as a depot ship in the Great War.

Service

Blake completed her conversion to a depot ship in August of 1907, and served the Second Destroyer Flotilla from at least March 1913.[6] Later, she served the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

She recommissioned at Chatham on 6 August, 1908.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  6. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 285.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 285.
  9. Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 327.
  10. De Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
  11. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 29 March, 1907. Issue 38293, col C, p. 5.
  12. Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
  13. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 285.
  14. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 284.
  15. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  16. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 742.
  17. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 734.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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