HMS Blandford (1711)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Blandford
Ordered	24 January 1711
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Woolwich
Launched	29 October 1711
Commissioned	1712
Fate	Lost with all hands 23 March 1719
General characteristics
Type	24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen	280+23⁄94 bm
Length	94 ft 0 in (28.7 m) gundeck 76 ft 9 in (23.4 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold	11 ft 7 in (3.5 m)
Armament	20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD) 4 × 4-pdr 12 cwt guns on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Blandford was a member of the Gibraltar Group of 24-gun sixth rates.^[1] After commissioning she spent her career in Home Waters and the Baltic on trade protection duties. She was lost with all hands in a storm in the Bay of Biscay in March 1719.^[2]

Blandford was the first named vessel in the Royal Navy.^[3]