Blake class cruiser

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HMS Blenheim
Class overview
Name: Blake
Preceded by: Orlando class cruiser
Succeeded by: Edgar class cruiser
Completed: 2
General characteristics
Type: first class protected cruiser
Displacement: 9,150 tons
Length: 399 ft (122 m)
Beam: 65 ft (20 m)
Propulsion: 2 propellers
20,000 hp
Speed: 22 knots
Armament: 2 x 9.2 in (22 ton) guns
10 x QF 6 in guns
16 x 3-pounder guns

The Blake-class was a two-ship class of first-class protected cruiser built around 1890 for the Royal Navy.

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[edit] Service

The two ships were obsolete by the outbreak of the First World War, and served as depot ships. HMS Blenheim had the more active career, supporting the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Battle of Gallipoli, and repatriating two dignitaries to their home countries after their deaths abroad. They were Prince Henry of Battenberg and former Canadian Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper.

[edit] Building Programme

The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the Blake class. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores.

Ship Builder Maker
of
Engines
Date of Cost according to
Laid Down Launch Completion ( BNA 1895)[1]
Blake Chatham Dockyard Maudslay July 1888 23 Nov1889 2 Feb 1892 £440,471
Blenheim Thames Ironworks Humphrys October 1888 5 Jul 1890 26 May 1894 £425,591
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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Brassey's Naval Annual 1895, p201-217
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