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+ | <div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Blake'' (1889)|fate2= | ||
+ | |comm=2 Feb, 1892{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
+ | |fatedate=9 Jun, 1922{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
+ | |order= | ||
+ | |name=Blake | ||
+ | |launch=23 Nov, 1889{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
+ | |builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] {{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
+ | |laid=Jun, 1888{{Conways1860|p. 66}} | ||
+ | |fate=Sold | ||
+ | |pend= | ||
+ | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
+ | The first class protected cruiser '''H.M.S. ''Blake''''' one of two [[Blake Class Cruiser (1889)|''Blake'' class cruisers]] completed in the early 1890s. She served as a depot ship in the Great War. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | One of the ship's boilers exploded off the Lizard on 24 June, 1896, resulting in the death of stoker [[George William Evill]].{{ToL|The Explosion on the Blake|Tuesday, July 28, 1896, Issue 34954, p.12}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Blake'' completed her conversion to a depot ship in August of 1907, and re-commissioned at Chatham on 6 August, 1908.{{NLMar13|p. 285}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | She served the {{UK-DF|2}} from at least November, 1911.{{March|p. 160}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | In September, 1915, her services were divided when she took the {{UK-DF|11}} as a second flotilla under her wing.{{SMNLSep15|p. 12}} In November, {{UK-DF|12}} was briefly added to her roster until {{UK-Diligence}} was allocated to meet its needs.{{SMNLNov15|p. 12}} In April, 1916, she left the Second Flotilla, as it had been reduced to a nominal strength, and she served until the end of the war with the Eleventh. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In March, 1919, she became depot ship to the new {{UK-DF|5}}.{{SMNLMar19|pp. 11, 21, 22}} | ||
+ | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
− | Dates of appointment | + | Dates of appointment are provided when known. |
+ | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Blake''"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Des Vœux Hamilton|nick=William Des V. Hamilton|appt=3 December, 1891{{NLApr94|p. 202}}|end=4 June, 1894|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Charles Burgoyne Bromley|nick=Arthur C. B. Bromley|appt=2 May, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 204}}|end=July, 1897|note=including the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot|nick=Charles R. Arbuthnot|appt=19 July, 1897<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7600767}} f. 11.</ref>|end=14 April, 1898<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7600767}} f. 11.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Leigh Winsloe|nick=Arthur L. Winsloe|appt=14 April, 1898<ref>Winsloe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>|end=5 December, 1898<ref>Winsloe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 541.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Copland Sparkes|nick=Robert C. Sparkes|appt=10 July, 1900{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|11 July 1900, p. 9}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Casper Joseph Baker|nick=Casper J. Baker|appt=30 October, 1900<ref>Baker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>|end=3 February, 1901<ref>Baker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 391.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Gauntlett Dicken|nick=Charles G. Dicken|appt=15 April, 1901<ref>Dicken Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 327.</ref>|end=15 July, 1901<ref>Dicken Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 449.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Archibald Campbell Galloway|nick=Arthur A. C. Galloway|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Fane De Salis|nick=William F. De Salis|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>De Salis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590321}} f. 345.</ref>|end=12 March, 1905<ref>De Salis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|D7590321}} f. 345.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey|nick=Spencer V. Y. de Horsey|appt=22 March, 1905<ref>de Horsey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>|end=14 December, 1905<ref>de Horsey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 657.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Gorham Hewitt|nick=John G. Hewitt|appt=14 December, 1905<ref>Hewitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/556.|D7601293}} f. 619.</ref>|end=1 June, 1906<ref>Hewitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/556.|D7601293}} f. 619.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Albert Sumner Lafone|nick=Albert S. Lafone|appt=1 June, 1906<ref>Lafone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/156.|D7602099}} f. 183.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 285}}|end=27 March, 1907<ref>Lafone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/156.|D7602099}} f. 183.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Cuthbert Cayley|nick=George C. Cayley|appt=27 March, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 29 March, 1907. Issue '''38293''', col C, p. 5.</ref>|note=as Captain (D) of the Home Fleet destroyer flotilla at Devonport|end=1 July, 1907<ref>Cayley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 428.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Scott Luard|nick=John S. Luard|appt=1 July, 1907{{NLJan08|p. 285}}<ref>Luard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 313.</ref>|end=25 June, 1908<ref>Luard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 313.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Corbett|nick=Charles F. Corbett|appt=25 June, 1908<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>{{NLJan10|p. 284}}|end=2 August, 1910<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Warren Hastings D'Oyly|nick=Warren H. D'Oyly|appt=2 August, 1910<ref>D'Oyly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/412.|D8112193}} f. 493.</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 284}}|end=10 August, 1912<ref>D'Oyly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42/412.|D8112193}} f. 493.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith|nick=Harry L. d'E. Skipwith|appt=12 August, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 284}}<ref>Skipwith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 255.</ref>|end=15 December, 1913<ref>Skipwith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 255.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=5 July, 1913<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 125.</ref>|end=28 August, 1913|note=temporary, and in command of {{UK-DF|2}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Barnes Sparks|nick=John B. Sparks|appt=15 December, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 392''kk''}}<ref>Sparks Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>|end=12 October, 1915<ref>Sparks Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 341.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy|nick=Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy|appt=10 December, 1915<ref>Maxwell-Lefroy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/132.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=28 August, 1916<ref>Maxwell-Lefroy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/132.|}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George William McOran Campbell|nick=George W. McO. Campbell|appt=28 August, 1916<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 742}}|end=1 March, 1919<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Milward Stancomb|nick=Arthur M. Stancomb|appt=1 March, 1919<ref>Stancomb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/82.|D7603334}} f. 82.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 734}}|end=1 March, 1921<ref>Stancomb Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/82.|D7603334}} f. 82.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lawrence Leopold Dundas|nick=Lawrence L. Dundas|appt=1 March, 1921<ref>Dundas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/420.|D7602738}} f. 467.</ref>|end=c. late 1921{{INF}}}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
− | + | ==See Also== | |
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Blake_(1889)}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
− | {{Blake Class (1889)}} | + | ==Bibliography== |
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | *{{Conways1860}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Footer Blake Class Cruiser (1889)}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{DEFAULTSORT:Blake}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{CatShipFirstClassProtectedCruiser|UK}} | ||
+ | {{CatShipDepot|UK}} |
Latest revision as of 14:27, 30 December 2019
H.M.S. Blake (1889) | |
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Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard [1] |
Laid down: | Jun, 1888[2] |
Launched: | 23 Nov, 1889[3] |
Commissioned: | 2 Feb, 1892[4] |
Sold: | 9 Jun, 1922[5] |
The first class protected cruiser H.M.S. Blake one of two Blake class cruisers completed in the early 1890s. She served as a depot ship in the Great War.
Service
One of the ship's boilers exploded off the Lizard on 24 June, 1896, resulting in the death of stoker George William Evill.[6]
Blake completed her conversion to a depot ship in August of 1907, and re-commissioned at Chatham on 6 August, 1908.[7]
She served the Second Destroyer Flotilla from at least November, 1911.[8]
In September, 1915, her services were divided when she took the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla as a second flotilla under her wing.[9] In November, Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla was briefly added to her roster until Diligence was allocated to meet its needs.[10] In April, 1916, she left the Second Flotilla, as it had been reduced to a nominal strength, and she served until the end of the war with the Eleventh.
In March, 1919, she became depot ship to the new Fifth Destroyer Flotilla.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain William Des V. Hamilton, 3 December, 1891[12] – 4 June, 1894
- Captain Arthur C. B. Bromley, 2 May, 1895[13] – July, 1897 (including the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Captain Charles R. Arbuthnot, 19 July, 1897[14] – 14 April, 1898[15]
- Captain Arthur L. Winsloe, 14 April, 1898[16] – 5 December, 1898[17]
- Captain Robert C. Sparkes, 10 July, 1900[18] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1900)
- Captain Casper J. Baker, 30 October, 1900[19] – 3 February, 1901[20]
- Captain Charles G. Dicken, 15 April, 1901[21] – 15 July, 1901[22]
- Captain Arthur A. C. Galloway, 21 July, 1903[23] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Captain William F. De Salis, 3 January, 1905[24] – 12 March, 1905[25]
- Captain Spencer V. Y. de Horsey, 22 March, 1905[26] – 14 December, 1905[27]
- Captain John G. Hewitt, 14 December, 1905[28] – 1 June, 1906[29]
- Captain Albert S. Lafone, 1 June, 1906[30][31] – 27 March, 1907[32]
- Captain George C. Cayley, 27 March, 1907[33] – 1 July, 1907[34] (as Captain (D) of the Home Fleet destroyer flotilla at Devonport)
- Captain John S. Luard, 1 July, 1907[35][36] – 25 June, 1908[37]
- Captain Charles F. Corbett, 25 June, 1908[38][39] – 2 August, 1910[40]
- Captain Warren H. D'Oyly, 2 August, 1910[41][42] – 10 August, 1912[43]
- Captain Harry L. d'E. Skipwith, 12 August, 1912[44][45] – 15 December, 1913[46]
- Captain Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, 5 July, 1913[47] – 28 August, 1913 (temporary, and in command of Second Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain John B. Sparks, 15 December, 1913[48][49] – 12 October, 1915[50]
- Captain Cecil Maxwell-Lefroy, 10 December, 1915[51] – 28 August, 1916[52]
- Captain George W. McO. Campbell, 28 August, 1916[53][54] – 1 March, 1919[55]
- Captain Arthur M. Stancomb, 1 March, 1919[56][57] – 1 March, 1921[58]
- Captain Lawrence L. Dundas, 1 March, 1921[59] – c. late 1921[Inference]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ "The Explosion on the Blake." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, July 28, 1896, Issue 34954, p.12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 285.
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1915). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). pp. 11, 21, 22.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 202.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 204.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 11.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 11.
- ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
- ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
- ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), 11 July 1900, p. 9.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
- ↑ Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 391.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 327.
- ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 449.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ De Salis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 345.
- ↑ De Salis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 345.
- ↑ de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 657.
- ↑ de Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 657.
- ↑ Hewitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/556. f. 619.
- ↑ Hewitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/556. f. 619.
- ↑ Lafone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/156. f. 183.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 285.
- ↑ Lafone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/156. f. 183.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 29 March, 1907. Issue 38293, col C, p. 5.
- ↑ Cayley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 428.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 285.
- ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
- ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 284.
- ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
- ↑ D'Oyly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/412. f. 493.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 284.
- ↑ D'Oyly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/412. f. 493.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 284.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392kk.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ Sparks Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 341.
- ↑ Maxwell-Lefroy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/132. f. ?.
- ↑ Maxwell-Lefroy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/132. f. ?.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 742.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
- ↑ Stancomb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/82. f. 82.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 734.
- ↑ Stancomb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/82. f. 82.
- ↑ Dundas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/420. f. 467.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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