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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Russell Hulbert|nick=Arthur R. Hulbert|appt=10 May, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>|end=12 January, 1913{{MackieRNW}}|note=commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Russell Hulbert|nick=Arthur R. Hulbert|appt=10 May, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>|end=12 January, 1913{{MackieRNW}}|note=commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Lawrie Shelford|nick=Thomas L. Shelford|appt=20 January, 1913{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Lawrie Shelford|nick=Thomas L. Shelford|appt=20 January, 1913{{NLMar13|p. 286}}|note=commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederick Blunt|nick=William F. Blunt|appt=25 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 286}}|note=commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederick Blunt|nick=William F. Blunt|appt=25 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 286}}|note=commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Albert Charles Scott|nick=Albert C. Scott|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 392''l''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Albert Charles Scott|nick=Albert C. Scott|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 392''l''}}}} | ||
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| H.M.S. Blonde (1910) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | C7 (1014) 18 (Jan 1918) 64 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | 1909 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 6 Dec, 1909[4] |
| Launched: | 22 Jul, 1910[5] |
| Commissioned: | May, 1911[6] |
| Sold: | 6 May, 1920[7] |
| Fate: | to T. C. Pas, Holland[8] |
H.M.S. Blonde was a scout cruiser in the Royal Navy completed in 1911. Modern sources often treat her as the name ship of a two-vessel class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the Boadicea class.
Service
Commissioned at Pembroke Dock 17 May, 1911. Soon thereafter, she became the flagship cruiser of First Destroyer Flotilla.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Arthur R. Hulbert, 10 May, 1912[10] – 12 January, 1913[11] (commanding the First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Thomas L. Shelford, 20 January, 1913[12] (commanding the First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain William F. Blunt, 25 April, 1913[13] (commanding the First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Albert C. Scott, 5 July, 1913[14]
- Captain Basil V. Brooke, October, 1916[15]
- Captain The Hon. Arthur L. O. Forbes-Sempill, February, 1917[16]
- Commander Theodore J. Hallett, 1 July, 1917[17]
- Captain Gregory G. C. Wood-Martin, 30 December, 1917[18]
- Captain Maurice D. Evans, 10 January, 1919[19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 286.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue 39880, col G, p. 16.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392l.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391u.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 743.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 743.
Bibliography
| Boadicea Class Scout Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Boadicea | Bellona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Blonde | Blanche | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| <– | Sentinel Class | Minor Cruisers (UK) | Bristol Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
