HMS Blonde from the right
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HMS Blonde was the name ship of the Blonde class of scout cruisers. She was designed to operate with destroyer flotillas, and did spend 1911-1912 in the Mediterranean as Senior Officer’s ship of the Seventh Flotilla, but by 1912 she was already at least 2.5 knots slower than the majority of destroyers.
During the First World War she served with the Grand Fleet, and was attached to a variety of Battle Squadrons, beginning with the Fourth Battle Squadron. She was no longer with that squadron by the summer of 1916, and missed the battle of Jutland. In September 1917 she was given the capacity to lay mines, but didn’t actually do so.
Displacement (loaded) |
3,850t |
Top Speed |
24.5kts |
Armour – deck |
1.5in |
- conning tower |
4in |
Length |
405ft |
Armaments |
Ten 4in 50 calibre Mk VIII guns |
Crew complement |
314 |
Launched |
22 July 1910 |
Completed |
May 1911 |
Sold for break up |
May 1920 |
Captains |
A.C. Scott (1915) |