H.M.S. Blanche (1909)
| H.M.S. Blanche (1909) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 6C (1914) 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: | 10 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 commissioned at Pembroke Dock on 10 November 1910 under the command of Guy Montagu Marston and was assigned to the First Destroyer Flotilla.[9]
In November, 1911, Blanche was still serving as a flotilla leader in the First Destroyer Flotilla.[10]
Blanche was 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.[11]
She was attached to the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, under the command of Captain Casement.[12]
Blanche was recommissioned on 17 February, 1917.[13] In March, she was refit to act as a minelayer capable of carrying sixty-six mines. She undertook sixteen minelaying operations and sowed a total of 1,238 mines.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Guy M. Marston, 10 November, 1910[15] – 1 May, 1912
- Captain Wilfred Henderson, 1 May, 1912[16][17] – 5 July, 1913[18] (and as Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Richard Hyde, 5 July, 1913[19][20] – 21 May, 1916[21]
- Captain John M. Casement, 21 May, 1916[22][23] – 26 December, 1916[24] (in command at Battle of Jutland)
- Captain Reginald A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, 15 January, 1917[25] – April, 1918[26]
- Captain Francis A. W. Buller, 5 April, 1918[27][28] – 8 January, 1919[29]
- Captain Charles A. W. Wrightson, 7 January, 1919[30] – 27 March, 1919
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 285.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 285.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 285.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 33, 43.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 742.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 285.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. ff. 334, 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 285.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/334. ff. 334, 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392kk.
- ↑ Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
- ↑ Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392m.
- ↑ Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
- ↑ Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391u.
- ↑ Drax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 214.
- ↑ Buller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/465. f. 538.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 742.
- ↑ Buller Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/465. f. 538.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 742.
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