Blake class cruiser
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 HMS Blenheim |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Blake |
| Preceded by: | Orlando class cruiser |
| Succeeded by: | Edgar class cruiser |
| Completed: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | first class protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 9,150 tons |
| Length: | 399 ft (122 m) |
| Beam: | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 propellers 20,000 hp |
| Speed: | 22 knots |
| Armament: | 2 x 9.2 in (22 ton) guns 10 x QF 6 in guns 16 x 3-pounder guns |
The Blake-class was a two-ship class of first-class protected cruiser built around 1890 for the Royal Navy.
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[edit] Service
The two ships were obsolete by the outbreak of the First World War, and served as depot ships. HMS Blenheim had the more active career, supporting the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Battle of Gallipoli, and repatriating two dignitaries to their home countries after their deaths abroad. They were Prince Henry of Battenberg and former Canadian Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper.
[edit] Building Programme
The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the Blake class. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores.
| Ship | Builder | Maker of Engines |
Date of | Cost according to | ||
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| Laid Down | Launch | Completion | ( BNA 1895)[1] | |||
| Blake | Chatham Dockyard | Maudslay | July 1888 | 23 Nov1889 | 2 Feb 1892 | £440,471 |
| Blenheim | Thames Ironworks | Humphrys | October 1888 | 5 Jul 1890 | 26 May 1894 | £425,591 |
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[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Brassey, T.A. (ed) The Naval Annual 1895
- Chesnau, Roger and Kolesnik, Eugene (Ed.) Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905. Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-83170-302-4
[edit] Notes
- ^ Brassey's Naval Annual 1895, p201-217
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