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| The two [[Scout Cruiser|scout cruisers]] of the '''''Blonde'' Class''' (usually considered by contemporary sources as a sub-group of the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]]<ref>For example, Admiralty Order 548 of 27 Oct 1914, listing ships of ''Active'' and ''Blonde'' class as members of ''Boadicea'' class. Moreover, there is a near lack of explicit reference to the ''Active'' and ''Blonde'' classes and dispropionate attention offered a nominal two ship ''Boadicea'' class.</ref>) were completed in 1910 and 1911. | | The two [[Scout Cruiser|scout cruisers]] of the '''''Blonde'' Class'''. |
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| |Contemporary Royal Navy documents to the [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)|''Boadicea'' class]] seem almost always to pertain not only to those two ships but also to what popular and later sources refer to the three ships of the [[Active Class Cruiser (1911)|''Active'' class]] and to these two ships.<ref>For example, Admiralty Order 548 of 27 Oct 1914, listing ships of ''Active'' and ''Blonde'' class as members of ''Boadicea'' class. Moreover, there is a near lack of explicit reference to the ''Active'' and ''Blonde'' classes and disproportionate attention offered a nominal two ship ''Boadicea'' class.</ref> The editors generally assume references to the ''Boadicea'' class in a primary source document applies to all seven vessels unless a distinction is clearly emphasised.
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| |[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
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| |6 Dec, 1909
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| |May, 1911
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| |Sold 6 May, 1920
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| |[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]
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| |12 Apr, 1909
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| |25 Nov, 1909
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| |Nov, 1910
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| |Sold 27 Jul, 1921
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| ==Armament==
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| 4-in guns with P. IV* mountings and {{FTP}} sights.{{TheSightM|p. 86}}
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| These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>
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| None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals.{{HFCI1914|p. 11}} | | None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals.{{HFCI1914|p. 11}} |
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| By November 1918 the two ships along with the two ''Boadicea'' class ships were fitted with rails for 66 mines. The torpedo tubes and guns removed when the mines were shipped could be placed back aboard with enough notice.<ref>Admiralty. ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School Mining Appendix, 1917-1918'', p. 11. Plate 7.</ref>
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| * [[Boadicea Class Cruiser (1908)]]
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The two scout cruisers of the Blonde Class.
Control Groups
"Scout" class Gun Control Groups[1] In 1909, these were described as being similar to the Gem class, but the forecastle and poop guns could be controlled as separate groups or attached to the nearest broadside group on either side. The middle line guns could be connected to whichever side was desired.[2]
Fire Control Instruments
In 1909, it was planned that both ships in this class were to be completed with the latest Vickers Mark II F.T.P. Fire Control Instruments as follows:[3][4]
- Range Transmitters: 2
- Deflection Transmitters: 2
- Range Receivers: 10
- Deflection Receivers: 10
- C.O.S.: none
- Vickers Fire Gongs: 10 with 2 keys
None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[5]
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Plate 54.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. pp. 51-52.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. pp. 57, 60.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. p. 148.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. p. 11.
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