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*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Russell Hulbert]], 10 May, 1912, commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref> until his accidental death on 12 January, 1913.{{MackieRNW}}Commodore * Captain [[William Frederick Blunt]], 25 April, 1913, commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 286.</ref>
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Russell Hulbert]], 10 May, 1912, commanding the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref> until his accidental death on 12 January, 1913.{{MackieRNW}}  
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*Captain [[Albert Charles Scott|Albert C. Scott]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 392''l''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Albert Charles Scott|Albert C. Scott]], 5 July, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 392''l''.</ref>
 
*Captain [[Basil Vernon Brooke]], October 1916.{{MackieRNW}}
 
*Captain [[Basil Vernon Brooke]], October 1916.{{MackieRNW}}

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H.M.S. Blonde (1910)
Pendant Number: C7 (1014)
18 (Jan 1918)
64 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: 1909 Programme[3]
Laid down: 6 Dec, 1909[4]
Launched: 22 Jul, 1910[5]
Commissioned: May, 1911[6]
Sold: 6 May, 1920[7]
Fate: to T. C. Pas, Holland[8]

H.M.S. Blonde was a scout cruiser in the Royal Navy completed in 1911. Modern sources often treat her as the name ship of a two-vessel class, but we treat her as contemporary documents do, as one of seven ships of the Boadicea class.

Career

Commissioned at Pembroke Dock 17 May, 1911. Soon thereafter, she became the flagship cruiser of First Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 50.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 45.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 286.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue 39880, col G, p. 16.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 286.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392l.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 391u.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


Boadicea Class Scout Cruiser
Boadicea Group
  Boadicea Bellona  
Blonde Group
  Blonde Blanche  
Active Group
  Active Amphion Fearless  
<– Sentinel Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Bristol Class –>
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