H.M.S. Blake (1889)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe first class protected cruiser H.M.S. Blake was converted to a depot ship in August of 1907, and served the Second Destroyer Flotilla from before the war. Later, she served the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla.[1]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles Gauntlett Dicken,
- Captain George Cuthbert Cayley, 27 March, 1907 as Captain (D) of the Home Fleet destroyer flotilla at Devonport..[2]
- Captain Charles F. Corbett, 25 June, 1908.[3]
- Captain Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey,
See Also
Footnotes
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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