Blanche at anchor
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Blanche |
Builder | Pembroke Royal Dockyard |
Laid down | 12 April 1909 |
Launched | 25 November 1909 |
Completed | November 1910 |
Decommissioned | 1919 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 27 July 1921 |
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Class and type | Blonde-class scout cruiser |
Displacement | 3,350 long tons (3,400 t) (normal) |
Length | 406 ft (123.7 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 3 in (4.3 m) |
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Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Complement | 317 |
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HMS Blanche was the second of two Blonde-class scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She led the 1st Destroyer Flotilla from completion until 1912 and was then briefly transferred to the 4th Destroyer Flotilla before the ship was assigned to the 3rd Battle Squadron in 1913. During World War I, Blanche was assigned to several different battleship squadrons of the Grand Fleet. She was present at, but did not fight in, the Battle of Jutland in mid-1916. The ship was converted into a minelayer in early 1917 and made 16 sorties to lay mines during the war. Blanche was paid off in 1919 and sold for scrap in 1921.