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'''H.M.S. ''Blanche''''' was a scout cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1910. Modern sources often treat her as a member of a two-vessel ''Blonde'' 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. ''Blanche''''' was a scout cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]] completed in 1910. Modern sources often treat her as a member of a two-vessel ''Blonde'' 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== | ==Service== | ||
''Blanche'' recommissioned at Chatham on 23 January, 1913, joining the {{UK-DF|4}} as flagship. On 1 July, she was to transfer to the {{UK-BS|3}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 285.</ref> | ''Blanche'' recommissioned at Chatham on 23 January, 1913, joining the {{UK-DF|4}} as flagship. On 1 July, she was to transfer to the {{UK-BS|3}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913). p. 285.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:33, 15 December 2013
| H.M.S. Blanche (1909) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 6C (1014) 17 (Jan 1918) 84 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2] |
| Ordered: | 1909 Programme[3] |
| Laid down: | 12 Apr, 1909[4] |
| Launched: | 25 Nov, 1909[5] |
| Commissioned: | Nov, 1910[6] |
| Sold: | 27 Jul, 1921[7] |
| Fate: | to Fryer, Sunderland[8] |
H.M.S. Blanche was a scout cruiser in the Royal Navy completed in 1910. Modern sources often treat her as a member of a two-vessel Blonde class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the Boadicea class.
Service
Blanche recommissioned at Chatham on 23 January, 1913, joining the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla as flagship. On 1 July, she was to transfer to the Third Battle Squadron.[9]
She was attached to the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, under the command of Captain Casement.[10]
She recommissioned 17 February, 1917.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Wilfrid Henderson, 1 May, 1912.[12]
- Captain Richard Hyde, 5 July, 1913.[13]
- Captain John Moore Casement, May 1916[14] and during the Battle of Jutland.
- Captain Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, January 1917.[15]
- Captain Francis A. W. Buller, April 1918.[16]
- Captain Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson, 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.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 285.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 43.
- ↑ The Navy List (September, 1919). p. 742.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392kk.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
| Boadicea Class Scout Cruiser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Boadicea | Bellona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Blonde | Blanche | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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