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'''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 Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]].
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==Service==
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Commissioned at Pembroke Dock 17 May, 1911.  Soon thereafter, she became the flagship cruiser of {{UK-DF|1}}.{{NLJul13|p. 286}}
  
 
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She was refit to be a minelayer in September, 1917.{{DittColl|p. 117}}  In this configuration, she could carry 66 mines and conduct six laying operations per month to a radius of 2120 miles.{{ARTSMining1917-18|Plate 7}}
 
 
==Battle of Jutland==
 
 
 
==Fire Control Instruments==
 
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Russell Hulbert]], 10 May, 1912, commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref> until his accidental death on 12 January, 1913.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Parry Bonham|nick=Thomas P. Bonham|appt=28 April, 1911<ref>Bonham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}</ref>|end=14 November, 1911<ref>Bonham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
*Captain [[Albert Charles Scott|Albert C. Scott]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915)p. 392''l''.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Mackenzie|nick=Colin Mackenzie|appt=21 November, 1911<ref>Mackenzie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/259.|D7576548}} f. 259.</ref>|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Mackenzie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/259.|D7576548}} f. 259.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Basil Vernon Brooke]], October 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
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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}}}}
*Captain [[Arthur Lionel Ochoncar Forbes-Sempill|The Hon. Arthur L. O. Forbes-Sempill]], February 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Lawrie Shelford|nick=Thomas L. Shelford|appt=20 January, 1913{{NLMar13|p. 286}}|note=commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}}}
*Commander [[Theodore John Hallett]], 1 July 1917.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917)p. 391''u''.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederick Blunt|nick=William F. Blunt|appt=25 April, 1913{{NLJul13|p. 286}}|note=commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}|end=5 July, 1913<ref>Blunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 109.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Gregory Gonville Cuffe Wood-Martin]], December 1917.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Albert Charles Scott|nick=Albert C. Scott|appt=5 July, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 392''l''}}|end=19 March, 1916}}
*Captain [[Maurice D. Evans]], January, 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Moore Casement|nick=John M. Casement|appt=20 March, 1916<ref>Casement Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 381.</ref>|end=21 May, 1916<ref>Casement Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 381.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Basil Vernon Brooke|nick=Basil V. Brooke|appt=27 July, 1916|end=29 August, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Basil Vernon Brooke|nick=Basil V. Brooke|appt=27 October, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 392''m''}}|end=15 February, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Lionel Ochoncar Forbes-Sempill|nick=The Hon. Arthur L. O. Forbes-Sempill|appt=15 February, 1917|end=1 June, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Theodore John Hallett|nick=Theodore J. Hallett|appt=1 June, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 391''u''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gregory Gonville Cuff Wood-Martin|nick=Gregory G. C. Wood-Martin|appt=30 December, 1917{{NLJan19|p. 743}}<ref>Wood-Martin Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44/371.}} f. 420.</ref>|ass=1 January, 1918<ref>Wood-Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/371.}} f. 420.</ref>|end=11 January, 1919<ref>Wood-Martin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/371.}} f. 420.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maurice Dorsett Evans|nick=Maurice D. Evans|appt=10 January, 1919{{NLFeb19|p. 743}}|end=c. 14 April, 1919<ref>Exact date not recorded.  This is his retirement date.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Valentine David English|nick=Valentine D. English|appt=17 April, 1919{{NLJul19|p. 743}}|end=24 September, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vaughan Alexander Edward Hanning-Lee|nick=Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee|appt=24 September, 1919<ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}}  f. 510.</ref>|end=14 April, 1920<ref>Hanning-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/507.|D7576643}}  f. 510.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Blonde_(1910)}}
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 15:12, 17 August 2020

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]

She was refit to be a minelayer in September, 1917.[10] In this configuration, she could carry 66 mines and conduct six laying operations per month to a radius of 2120 miles.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 286.
  10. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
  11. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, Mining Appendix, 1917-18. Plate 7.
  12. Bonham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
  13. Bonham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
  14. Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/259. f. 259.
  15. Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/259. f. 259.
  16. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue 39880, col G, p. 16.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 286.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 286.
  20. Blunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 109.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392l.
  22. Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  23. Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
  24. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392m.
  25. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391u.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 743.
  27. Wood-Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/371. f. 420.
  28. Wood-Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/371. f. 420.
  29. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 743.
  30. Exact date not recorded. This is his retirement date.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 743.
  32. Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  33. Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.

Bibliography


Boadicea Class Scout Cruiser
Boadicea Group
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Blonde Group
  Blonde Blanche  
Active Group
  Active Amphion Fearless  
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