HMS Blake (C99)
1961 Tiger-class cruiser of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blake.
HMS Blake was a light cruiser of the Tiger class of the British Royal Navy, the last (traditional) Royal Navy gun-armed cruiser of the 20th century. She was named after Robert Blake, a 17th-century admiral who was the "Father of the Royal Navy".
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Blake in 1975 with the US carrier Nimitz | |
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Name | HMS Blake |
Namesake | Robert Blake |
Ordered | 1942 Additional Naval Programme |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
Laid down | 17 August 1942 |
Launched | 20 December 1945 |
Commissioned | 18 March 1961 |
Decommissioned | December 1979 |
Identification | Pennant number: C99 |
Nickname(s) | 'Snakey Blakey' |
Fate | Sold for scrap August 1982 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tiger-class light cruiser |
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Beam | 64 ft (20 m) |
Draught | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
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Speed | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h) |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement | 716 (885 after conversion) |
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Aircraft carried | After conversion: Four helicopters (originally Westland Wessex, then Sea King) |
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