NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Blanche	6C, 17, 84	243	Pembroke DYd	12.4.1909	25.11.1909	11.1910	sold for BU 7.1921
Blonde	C7, 18, 64	244	Pembroke DYd	6.12.1909	22.2.1910	5.1911	sold for BU 5.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3350
Displacement full, t	3850
Length, m	123.4
Breadth, m	12.6
Draught, m	4.70 max
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 Parsons steam turbines, 12 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	18000
Max speed, kts	24.5
Fuel, t	coal 780 + oil 190
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(14)
Armour, mm	deck: 38, CT: 102
Armament	10 x 1 - 102/50 BL Mk VII, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 533 TT
Complement	314

Standard scale images

Project history The second pair of 'scouts' was built under the 1909 Programme, differed from the Boadicea class in having 533mm TT and four more 102mm guns, mounted in the waist. The

The second pair of 'scouts' was built under the 1909 Programme, differed from the Boadicea class in having 533mm TT and four more 102mm guns, mounted in the waist. The armour on the deck was also slightly increased over the machinery. Ship protection: Main deck had 13mm flat part and 38mm slopes and covered machinery only.

Modernizations

1916, both: + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I

3/1917, Blanche, 9.1917, Blonde: received rails for 66 mines

1918, both: - 1 x 1 - 76/45; + 1 x 1 - 102/50 BL Mk VII (AA).

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.