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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]]. | '''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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− | *{{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}} | + | *{{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}}Commodore * Captain [[William Frederick Blunt]], 25 April, 1913, commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 286.</ref> |
*Captain [[Albert Charles Scott|Albert C. Scott]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 392''l''.</ref> | *Captain [[Albert Charles Scott|Albert C. Scott]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 392''l''.</ref> | ||
*Captain [[Basil Vernon Brooke]], October 1916.{{MackieRNW}} | *Captain [[Basil Vernon Brooke]], October 1916.{{MackieRNW}} |
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H.M.S. Blonde (1910) | |
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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.
Career
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Arthur Russell Hulbert, 10 May, 1912, commanding the First Destroyer Flotilla.[9] until his accidental death on 12 January, 1913.[10]Commodore * Captain William Frederick Blunt, 25 April, 1913, commanding the First Destroyer Flotilla.[11]
- Captain Albert C. Scott, 5 July, 1913.[12]
- Captain Basil Vernon Brooke, October 1916.[13]
- Captain The Hon. Arthur L. O. Forbes-Sempill, February 1917.[14]
- Commander Theodore John Hallett, 1 July 1917.[15]
- Captain Gregory Gonville Cuff Wood-Martin, December 1917.[16]
- Captain Maurice D. Evans, January, 1919.[17]
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.
- ↑ "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 (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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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