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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
In November, 1911, ''Blanche'' was serving as a flotilla leader in the {{UK-DF|1}}.{{March|p. 160}} | |||
''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> | ||
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Revision as of 19:34, 15 December 2013
| H.M.S. Blanche (1909) | |
|---|---|
| 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
In November, 1911, Blanche was serving as a flotilla leader in the First Destroyer Flotilla.[9]
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.[10]
She was attached to the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, under the command of Captain Casement.[11]
She recommissioned 17 February, 1917.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Wilfrid Henderson, 1 May, 1912.[13]
- Captain Richard Hyde, 5 July, 1913.[14]
- Captain John Moore Casement, May 1916[15] and during the Battle of Jutland.
- Captain Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, January 1917.[16]
- Captain Francis A. W. Buller, April 1918.[17]
- Captain Charles Archibald Wise Wrightson, January 1919.[18]
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boadicea Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boadicea | Bellona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blonde Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blonde | Blanche | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Active Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Active | Amphion | Fearless | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | Sentinel Class | Minor Cruisers (UK) | Bristol Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
