&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Blanche_(H47)_IWM_FL_2352.jpg) Blanche in 1932
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Blanche |
| Ordered | 4 March 1929 |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn |
| Laid down | 29 July 1929 |
| Launched | 29 May 1930 |
| Completed | 14 February 1931 |
| Fate | Sunk by mine, 13 November 1939 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | B-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,360 long tons (1,380 t) (standard) |
| Length | 323 ft (98.5 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 32 ft 3 in (9.8 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 3 in (3.7 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 142 (wartime) |
| Sensors and processing systems | Type 119 ASDIC |
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HMS Blanche (H47) was a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy around 1930. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the non-intervention measures agreed by Britain and France. She was attacked, but not damaged, by Nationalist bombers in early 1938 and was subsequently transferred to the Home Fleet. Blanche was sunk by a mine in November 1939, becoming the first British destroyer lost to enemy action in World War II.