| As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 |
1909 BRITISH LIGHT CRUISERS
(BOADICEA TYPE)
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| Page 87 |
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BLANCHE (November, 1909), BLONDE (July, 1910).
BLANCHE
- Normal displacement, 3350 tons.
- Complement, 314.
- Length, (p.p.) 385, (o.a.) 405 feet. Beam, 41.5 feet. Max draught, 15.5 feet.
- Guns 8 - 4 inch (M. VII) ; 1 - 4 inch anti-aircraft ; 4 - 3 pdr. ; 1 machine.
- Torpedo tubes (18 inch): 2 above water
- Armour (Hadfield): 1.5" Deck; 4" Conning tower; 2.5" Tube
- Machinery: Parsons turbine. Boilers: 12 Yarrow. Designed H.P. 18,000 = 24 - 25 kts.
- Coal: normal, 450 tons; maximum, 780 tons coal + 190 tons oil.
Both built under 1909 Estimates.
| Name |
Builder |
Machinery |
Laid down |
Completed |
Trials:
30 hrs. 8 hrs. |
Boilers |
Best recent Speed |
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Blanche |
Pembroke, Y. |
Hawthorn |
Apr. '09 |
1910 |
15,000=22.3 18542=25.67 |
Yarrow small tube |
26.1 |
| Blonde |
Pembroke, Y. |
Laird |
Dec. '09 |
1911 |
18,772=25'3 |
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Note to Plans: 2 - 4 inch removed, but from which positions is not yet known.
Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 - Page 87
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