BLANCHE

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

cruiser

Nickname

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Ship Class

Boadicea Light Cruiser

Grouping

Attached Light Cruisers

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Pembroke Royal Dockyard

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

12.04.1909

Launch Date

25.11.1909

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

1910 (Nov)

Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Symonds & Co - This is photograph Q 38336 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 2107-01). Public Domain.

Sister ships

Boadicea, Bellona, Blanch and Blonde

Eventual Fate

Sold 1921 for scrap

Jutland result

At the back of the 4th BS, she did not fire her guns at Jutland

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain John M. Casement

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

317 270 - 330 for the class)

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

3,400

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

405' 9"

Length (mtrs)

123.4

Beam (ft)

41' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

12.6

Draught (ft)

Draught (mtrs)

4.3

Max. Speed (knots)

25 - 26

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

4 shafts powered by 2 double Parsons steam turbines with 12 Yarrow boilers rated at 18,000 shp

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

1" (0.25 mm) thick on curves, 0.5" on flat

Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

Six BL 4" Mk VII guns (102 mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Four Single 47 mm (1.9”) 3-pdr Vickers Mk I guns

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

single torpedo mounts

References & sources

Source: H M Le Fleming Warships of World War One