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HMS Blenheim (1890)

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was anchored off Dungeness point showing two mooring lights (one at the bow and one at the stern). Though sea regulations of the time called for only one mooring light at the bow, it was usual practice to show another one at the stern on unusually long ships, a practice that was soon enforced into a
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did not sink and went carrying on the Europe - Chile trade after extensive dockyard repairs until 1901, but a British court blamed the French ship and refused to acknowledge
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on the upper deck, and four QF 6 inch guns in 150 mm compound armoured casemates on the main deck. She also carried sixteen 3-pounders, and four 14 inch
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Note that Jane's suggests that the 6 inch guns were probably the older 26 calibre BL guns converted to QF. However Conways confirms that the guns were 6 inch QF.
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thought the lights were from two distinct ships anchored well apart and headed his own ship into the middle. The watchmen aboard
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She displaced 9,150 tons and her steel hull measured 375 feet (114 m) (length) and 65 feet (20 m) (beam) with 20,000
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Warship International Staff (2015). "International Fleet Review at the Opening of the Kiel Canal, 20 June 1895".
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a glancing blow instead of a full broadside-on ramming that would probably have sunk her, as period warships had
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responsibility, a decision that was bitterly resented in maritime circles, both in France and wider afield.
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She then served as a cruiser with the Channel Squadron until May 1908 when she joined the
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Having been launched on 5 July 1890, she was commissioned at Chatham on 1 January 1891.
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as a destroyer depot ship. Whilst being used as a depot ship, future Rear-Admiral and
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She was recommissioned on 2 January 1901 with a complement of 593 men to serve at the
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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Les derniers grands voiliers français by Captain Louis Lacroix Ouest France
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shouted, sounded the ship bell, fired flares and blew the foghorn, and
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law soon after this particular accident. The watch officer of
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Transcription of ship's logbooks May 1914 to August 1917
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altered course at the last possible instant and gave
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HMS Blenheim

Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company
Leamouth
London
Blake-class
protected cruiser
Humphrys, Tenant & Co
ihp
knots
BL 9.2 inch Mk VI guns (234 mm)
QF 6 inch Mk I–III guns (152 mm)
3-pounder (57 mm) guns
torpedo tubes
Blake-class
protected cruiser
Royal Navy
Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company
Leamouth
London
Battle of Blenheim
indicated horsepower
BL 9.2 inch Mk VI guns (234 mm)
QF 6 inch guns (152 mm)
torpedo tubes

William Mitchell
John Thompson
Queen Victoria
Privy Council

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