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HMS Blanche |
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HMS Blanche Laid Down : 29th July 1929 Launched : 29th May 1930 Completed : 14th February 1931 Type : Destroyer Class : B Builder : Hawthorn Leslie Country : UK Pennants : H47 Fate : Sunk by mine in Thames estuary 13th November 1939. |
| Displacement: 1,360 tons Speed: 35kts Complement: 138. Armament: Four 4.7 inch guns, two 2 pdr anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes. |
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  HMS Blanche, 1931. |   HMS Blanche, January 1938. |   HMS Blanche. (P) |   HMS Blanche. (P) |
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29th May 1930 - Launched 29th May 1930 - Pennant H47 April 1931 - Capt. Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower Assumed Command April 1931 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) April 1931 - Capt. Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower Assumed Command April 1931 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) 7th January 1932 - Sailed Malta 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 30th March 1932 - Arrived Cagliari 4th April 1932 - Sailed Cagliari for Bona 5th April 1932 - Arrived Bona 14th April 1932 - Arrived Aranci Bay 22nd April 1932 - Arrived Malta 22nd April 1932 - Cmdr. I. G. Glennie in Command 1st October 1932 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla. Mediterranean Fleet 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. I. G. Glennie in Command 14th January 1933 - Arrived Suda Bay 25th January 1933 - Sailed Suda Bay 25th January 1933 - Arrived Gulf of Patras 1st February 1933 - Arrived Malta 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 28th March 1933 - Sailed Pollensa for Golfe Juan 30th March 1933 - Arrived Golfe Juan 3rd April 1933 - Sailed Golfe Juan for Leghorn 3rd April 1933 - Arrived Leghorn 12th April 1933 - Arrived Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1933 - Sailed Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1933 - Sailed St. Tropez for Malta 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 27th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 29th July 1933 - Arrived Gruz 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 27th October 1933 - Sailed UK for Gibraltar and work up 4th December 1933 - Sailed Gibralta for Malta 9th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for cruise 10th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for short winter cruise 11th January 1934 - Arrived Bougie 25th January 1934 - Arrived Malta 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th March 1934 - Arrived Golfe Juan 10th April 1934 - Arrived Gulf of St. Tropez 24th April 1934 - Sailed St. Tropez for Malta 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 31st August 1934 - Arrived Malaluka Bay 21st September 1934 - Arrived Brioni 8th October 1934 - Arrived Rogoznica 3rd November 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 13th December 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 17th December 1934 - Arrived Malta 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 22nd April 1935 - 4th Destroyer Flotilla 22nd April 1935 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 25th April 1935 - Arrived Malta 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 31st July 1935 - Arrived Malta 27th July 1936 - Arrived Motril 23rd October 1936 - Arrived Rosyth 5th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 17th March 1937 - Arrived Gijon 18th March 1937 - Arrived St. Jean de Luz 25th March 1937 - Arrived St. Jean le Luz 5th April 1937 - Arrived Corunna 14th June 1937 - Arrived Portland 30th June 1937 - Arrived Manchester 9th July 1937 - Arrived Torbay 14th July 1937 - Sailed Portsmouth for exercises 23rd July 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth 11th March 1938 - Sailed Gibraltar on patrol 29th March 1938 - Arrived Portsmouth 5th July 1938 - Commenced Combined exercises 7th July 1938 - Sailed Manchester 10th July 1938 - Completed Combined exercises 17th January 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth 20th January 1939 - Arrived Portland 20th January 1939 - Arrived Portland 7th February 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 27th February 1939 - Combined Exercise 27th February 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 3rd March 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th March 1939 - Combined Exercise 6th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 10th March 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 14th March 1939 - Took part in Combined exercises in the Atlantic 31st March 1939 - Lt. Cdr. L. de Villiers in Command 27th June 1939 - Lt.Cdr. Robert Marriott Aubrey, RN in Command 31st August 1939 - Sailed Dover on patrol 3rd September 1939 - 19th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 38, Nore Command 29th October 1939 - Joined new 23rd Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich 2nd November 1939 - Searched for Submarine east of Margate. After search. patrolled between North Goodwins and Edinburgh Channel 2nd November 1939 - In passage from Harwich to Dover to cover minelaying mission HW 2nd November 1939 - Escort for Minelaying between Tail of the Falls and Sandettie Bank 12th November 1939 - Sailed Grimsby. Escorted HMS Adventure to Portsmouth 12th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth for the Humber, were held up by fog near Outer Dowsing 12th November 1939 - Struck a mine one mile 80° from North East Spit Buoy. Sank two hours after striking the mine 13th November 1939 - Stood by mined HMS Adventure 13th November 1939 - Towed by Tug Fabia then capsized and sank 13th November 1939 - Sunk 13th November 1939 - Mined by a magnetic mine and settled by the stern | |||
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