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*Captain [[Charles Frederick Corbett|Charles F. Corbett]], 25 June, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 285.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Charles Frederick Corbett|Charles F. Corbett]], 25 June, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 285.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Henry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith|Harry L. d'E. Skipwith]], 12 August, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 284.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Henry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith|Harry L. d'E. Skipwith]], 12 August, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 284.</ref>
*Captain [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt|Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>
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*Captain [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur Milward Stancomb|Arthur M. Stancomb]], 1 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 734.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Arthur Milward Stancomb|Arthur M. Stancomb]], 1 March, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 734.</ref>
  

Revision as of 07:28, 29 August 2013

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 one of two Blake class cruisers completed in the early 1890s. She served as a depot ship in the Great War.

Service

Blake completed her conversion to a depot ship in August of 1907, and served the Second Destroyer Flotilla from at least July 1913. Later, she served the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

She recommissioned at Chatham on 6 August 1908, though she'd be attached to Devonport.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 285.
  8. Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 327.
  9. De Horsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 180.
  10. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 29 March, 1907. Issue 38293, col C, p. 5.
  11. Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
  12. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 285.
  13. The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 284.
  14. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  15. 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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