HMS Blake (1889)

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Career Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Blake
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: July 1888
Launched: November 23, 1889
Reclassified: Depot ship 1907
Fate: Sold for breaking up June 9, 1922
General characteristics
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 6 in guns
16 x 3-pounder guns

HMS Blake was the lead ship of the Blake class of armoured cruiser, that served in the Royal Navy from 1889-1922.

She was launched on November 23, 1889 at Chatham Dockyard, but not completed until February 2, 1892. After service as the flagship of the North America and West Indies Squadron from 1892 to 1895, she served in the Channel Fleet.

She was later converted to a depot ship in 1907, serving through World War One as depot ship to the 11th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet, and was finally sold for scrapping on June 9, 1922.

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