![]() HMS Blonde
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Name | Blonde |
Builder | Pembroke Royal Dockyard |
Laid down | 6 December 1909 |
Launched | 22 July 1910 |
Completed | May 1911 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 6 May 1920 |
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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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Propulsion |
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Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Complement | 317 |
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HMS Blonde was the lead ship of her class of scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She led the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean Fleet from completion until 1912. The ship was temporarily assigned to the First Destroyer Flotilla before she joined the Fourth Battle Squadron in 1913. During the First World War, Blonde was assigned to various battleship squadrons of the Grand Fleet. The ship was converted into a minelayer in 1917, but never actually laid any mines. She was reduced to reserve in 1919 and sold for scrap in 1920.
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