H.M.S. Blake (1889)
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| H.M.S. Blake (1889) | |
|---|---|
| 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 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.[6]
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..[7]
- Captain Charles F. Corbett, 25 June, 1908.[8]
- Captain Spencer Victor Yorke de Horsey,
- Captain Arthur Milward Stancomb, 1 March, 1919.[9]
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.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 29 March, 1907. Issue 38293, col C, p. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 285.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 734.
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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