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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: HMS Blake (C99)
		HMS Blake (C99) was a guided missile cruiser, the only type to have ever served in Royal Navy, and the last cruisers of the RN, known as the Tiger class.
		Blake was refitted in 1980 and became part of the Standby Squadron, before being sold for scrap in 1982 due to defence cuts.
		Blake was refitted in 1980, and due to a defense manpower drawdown that resulted in manpower shortages, became part of the Standby Squadron.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-Blake-(C99) (501 words)

	Robert Blake (admiral) Information
		Blake's most famous exploits on land were at the Siege of Bristol (July 1643), Siege of Lyme (April 1644), Siege of Taunton (1645) and the Siege of Dunster (November 1645).
		Blake had only 42 warships when he was attacked and decisively defeated by 88 Dutch ships under Tromp on 9 December 1652 in the Battle of Dungeness, losing control of the English Channel to the Dutch.
		Blake's brother Benjamin Blake (1614-1689) served under Robert, emigrated to Carolina in 1682, and was the father of Joseph Blake, governor of South Carolina in 1694 and from 1696 to 1700.
	www.bookrags.com /Admiral_Robert_Blake (1281 words)

	HMS Blake (C99) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Blake (C99) was a guided missile cruiser, the only type to have ever served in Royal Navy, and the last cruisers of the RN, known as the Tiger class.
		In 1944, Blake was renamed Tiger, then Blake again in 1945, the year she was launched partially constructed at the Fairfield Shipyard at Govan.
		Blake was refitted in 1980, and due to a defense manpower drawdown that resulted in manpower shortages, became part of the Standby Squadron.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Blake_(C99) (590 words)

	H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - Biography of Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake, K.C.B., ...
		Geoffrey Blake was born in 1882 at Bramley House, Alverstone, the son of Thomas Naish Blake.
		Blake was responsible for the day to day efficiency of the ship and her crew but had the additional tasks of liaising with the Commander-in-Chief and his staff most of whom were senior in rank and service to himself.
		Blake, who had always been a dedicated sportsman and fitness enthusiast pushed himself too hard in the conditions at Malta one day when out for an early morning row and swim and had to be recovered onto the ship by a party in a motor launch.
	www.hmshood.com /crew/biography/blake_bio.htm (2236 words)

	HMS Blake - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		A series of ships in the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Blake in honour of Admiral Robert Blake who was, until eclipsed by Horatio Nelson, the most famous British Admiral.
		HMS Blake was the first British ship to be defeated by the United States Navy, when the USS Ranger attacked her during the American War of Independence.
		She was a Tiger-class that was scrapped in 1982.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Blake (166 words)

	HMS Firedrake Page 2
		HMS Firedrake, an 'F' class Destroyer, was ordered under the 1932 program on the 17th March 1933.
		Laid down on the 5th July 1933, the HMS Firedrake was launched on 28th June 1934, by Mrs Blake, wife of Rear Admiral Geoffrey Blake DSO, the Fourth Sea Lord.
		In June she was detailed, with HM ships Coventry, Southampton, Havelock, Fame, Beagle, Delight and Echo, to rendezvous with and escort a convoy of eight merchant ships between Harstad and the Clyde.
	www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk /firedrake2.htm (1404 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003g Surface vessels (Post 1945) > Frigates (Steam powered) > British ...
		HMS Aurora (F10) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
		HMS Leander (F109) was the nameship of the Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
		HMS Penelope was launched on the 17th August 1962 and commissioned on the 31st October 1963.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/photolibrary/index.php?cat=871 (4601 words)

	4Reference \|\| HMS Blake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Blake was refitted in 1980 and became part of the Standby Squadron, before being sold for scrap in 1982 due to budget cuts.
		Blake was renamed HMS Tiger in 1944 so the name could be used elsewhere, but was then renamed Blake the following year.
		Due to the number of crew and the increasing obsolescence of guns, she was withdrawn into reserve in 1963.
	www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/HMS_Blake.html (405 words)

	HMS BLAKE - Find Friends from HMS BLAKE at Forces Reunited
		George Baxter was at HMS Blake between 1965 and 1977
		William Bradford was at HMS Blake between 1962 and 1985
		William Lloyd was at HMS Blake between 1959 and 1983
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Blake.html (1685 words)

	ModelWarships review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The construction of the HMS Tiger, and her sisters HMS Lion and HMS Blake, started late in World War II, but after their launch, they were not finished.
		In the mid-1960s, the Tiger and Blake were converted into helicopter cruisers, with the placement of a large landing pad and hangars on the stern.
		The Airfix kit of the HMS Tiger debuted in 1960 and I think that perhaps my kit may be an original issue or at least from the 1960s.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/hms/tiger/600-tiger/axtiger.htm (470 words)

	HMS Blake
		HMS Blake served one commission as flagship at the America and West Indies Station during 1895 and in December of 1895 was commissioned into the Channel Squadron commanded by Captain Bromley.
		In 1889 the “Blake” commanded by Captain Alfred Leigh Winsloe, proceeded to Sierra Leone, and assumed the duties of senior naval officer during the suppression of the Sierra Leone Rebellion.
		She was built at Chatham Dockyard, and engined by Messrs Maudsley and Co. The Blake was at one time in the commission as the flagship of the North America and West Indies Squadron.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_blake.htm (1733 words)

	HMS Blake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Blake in honour of Admiral Robert Blake who was, until eclipsed by Horatio Nelson, the most famous British admiral.
		The second Blake was originally Bombay, launched in 1808, renamed in 1819, and broken up in 1855.
		The third Blake, launched in 1889, was the lead ship of her class of armoured cruiser.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Blake (172 words)

	ipedia.com: Robert Blake (admiral) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Blake was appointed Admiral in 1649 (strictly speaking General At Sea, which was then the name of the rank).
		Following a major reorganisation of the Navy, Blake sailed with around 75 ships to disrupt Channel shipping, engaging Tromp with a similar sized fleet in the Battle of Portland from February 18 to 20 when Tromp escaped with his convoy under cover of darkness.
		Blake's brother Benjamin Blake (1614-1689) served under Robert, emigrated to Carolina in 1682, and was the father of Joseph Blake, governor of South Carolina in 1694 and from 1696 to 1700.
	www.ipedia.com /robert_blake__admiral_.html (1280 words)

	Royal Navy
		HMS Tracker was one of the many Landing Ship, Tanks (LST's) constructed in the latter stages of the Second World War.
		In 1952 HMS Tracker acted as the hospital ship for the first British atom bomb test off the North West coast of Australia.
		Shortly after entering service, Tiger and Blake were converted to ASW Helicopter Cruisers embarking 4 Sea King or Wessex anti-submarine helicopters, with the aft 6-inch twin turret replaced by a hanger and flight deck and the two amidships 3-inch twin turrets replaced by Seacat point defence SAMs.
	home.att.net /~b.lockyer/royal_navy.htm (1515 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Calling Old Shipmates - B
		HMS Blackwood: Paul was in the RN for 12 years and served in HMS Blackwood from 1966 to 67.
		HMS Bulwark: Brian Mitchell is seeking old shipmates from HMS Bulwark, first commission as a commando carrier in 1960, the occupants of 2A 1E mess which was the boys mess that commission.
		HMS Blake: Jeff Sabiston is seeking stokers who served in Blake between 1974/77, preferably the Far East tour of 74/75, with a view of a reunion/get-together.
	www.navynews.co.uk /cos/cosb.asp (1960 words)

	hms blake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		A series of ships in the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Blake in honour of Admiral Robert Blake who was, until eclipsed by Horatio Nelson, the most famous British Admiral.
		HMS Blake was the first British ship to be defeated by the United States Navy, when the USS Ranger attacked her during the American War of Independence.
		A steel Blake class Cruiser (1889 - xxxx) Displacement 9,000 tons; Length 114m (375 feet); Beam 20m (65 feet); Speed 22 knots; Armed with two 9.2 inch (234mm) 22 ton guns; Crew - 550 to 600.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /HMS_Blake.html (168 words)

	Tri-ang Minic Ships - HMS Tiger conversion
		HMS Tiger was one of a proposed class of eight Light Cruisers, known as the Minotaur Class, which were ordered under the 1941 and 1942 Warship Construction Programmes.
		HMS Tiger was one of three Group 2 ships which were laid up in 1946 prior to completion.
		A similar planned conversion for HMS Lion was cancelled due to a lack of funds and she has the distinction of being the Royal Navy's last "all gun cruiser" decommissioning in early 1972.
	www.triangminicships.com /collectors_corner/converions/tiger.htm (444 words)

	HMS Blake . 1982 . Royal Navy . United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		HMS Blake was the first British ship to be defeated by the United States Navy, when the USS Ranger attacked her during the American Revolutionary War American War of Independence.
		A steel Blake class Cruiser 1889 - xxxx Displacement 9,000 tons; Length 114m 375 feet ; Beam 20m 65 feet ; Speed 22 knots; Armed with two 9.2 inch 234mm 22 ton guns; Crew - 550 to 600.
		She was a Tiger class cruiser Tiger-class that was scrapped in 1982.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /HMS_Blake (422 words)

	HMS Blake - about HMS_Blake - human edited encyclopedia
		Four ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Blake in honour of Admiral Robert Blake who was, until eclipsed by Horatio Nelson, the most famous British admiral.
		The third Blake, launched in 1889, was the lead ship of her class of armoured cruiser.
		The fourth Blake (C99), launched in 1945 (but not completed until 1961) was a Tiger-class guided missile cruiser.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/HMS_Blake (142 words)

	British 6"/50 (15.2 cm) QF Mark N5
		The initial problems found during development at Shoeburyness and with the prototype on HMS Cumberland were rectified during trials, one major breakthrough being the choice and filtration of the oil in the oily servos fitted to the turrets.
		HMS Blake was the last cruiser in commission in the Royal Navy.
		It is believed that HMS Tiger had all hydraulic control, HMS Blake had all electric control while HMS Lion had one of each.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNBR_6-50_mkN5.htm (961 words)

	HMS Hood
		HMS Hood took part in the bombardment of Mers-el-Kibir on the 3rd July 1940.
		HMS Hood received several heavy hits and blew up and sank quickly, only 3 of her crew survived...
		HMS Hood passes beneath the forth Bridge on her way to Rosyth during one of her many visits to the Firth in the 1930s.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_hood.htm (1516 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Where are you now - B
		HMS Bermuda 1953-54: Former shipmates who served in HMS Bermuda commission 1953 to 1954 may like to visit my website containing a number of photographs of people and places including meeting HM The Queen in the Royal Yacht whilst transiting the Mediterranean.
		HMS Boadicea: Walter Swan Aplin is being researched by his neice and she would like information from anyone who knew him or indeed the ship in which he served.
		HMS Beagle: Would like to communicate with any veterans of the destroyer escort HMS Beagle, who were aboard the night it drove off two German E-boat attacks on an LST convoy and rescued several hundred Americans from the water after two LSTs were struck by torpedoes on Day 2, D-Day, 1944.
	www.navynews.co.uk /wayn/cosb.asp (2929 words)

	HMS Prince of Wales Naval Art Prints
		She was at Singapore in October 1941, but was sunk off Malaya, (along with HMS Repulse) by Japanese Torpedo Aircraft on the 10th December 1941.
		HMS Prince of Wales, was built by Cammell Laird and launched on the 3rd May 1939.
		She was at Singapore in October 1941, but was sunk of Malaya, (along with HMS Repulse) by Japanese Torpedo Aircraft on the 10th December 1941.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_prince_of_wales_naval_art_prints.htm (686 words)

	HMS Blake Helicopter Cruiser
		HMS Blake at the time having recently been converted to a Helicopter Cruiser.
		In the background, the old Submarine Depot ship HMS Forth lies at anchor at the very end of her long career.
		HMS Blake was built by Fairfield and launched on the 20th December 1945.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_blake.htm (374 words)

	HMS Blenheim
		After service HMS Blenheim was used as a destroyer depot ship from May 1908 serving with the flotillas in the Mediterranean.
		The Blake Class Armoured Cruisers HMS Blake and HMS Blenheim, A Class with the armament of The Orlando Class with greatly improved speed secured by development in the deck armour.
		HMS Blenheim for four main guns, the upper deck guns being behind the usual shields.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_blenheim.htm (825 words)

	04Feb2000-1
		Blake moves towards the doorway to check if anyone is guarding them from the outside.
		Blake takes off his jacket and removes a knife or two before handing it over to Lacy, "Here ya go." His back shealth is now in plain view though.
		Blake puts his hand on the hilt of the sword, ready to pull it out.
	www.eyesinthedark.org /logPage.php?date=04Feb2000-1 (3605 words)

	Captain Canning
		In 1962 he attended the Army staff course at Camberley and in 1963 his second command was HMS STRIKER, in the Persian Gulf.
		Promoted Commander in 1966, he returned to sea in command of the destroyer HMS CAMBRIAN and followed this with two years in the Ministry of Defense between 1969 and 1971.
		As second-in-command of the cruiser HMS BLAKE, he was promoted Captain in 1973 and returned to London for two further years in the Ministry of Defense.
	www.btinternet.com /~broadsword82/broadsword/captain.htm (258 words)

	GREENPEACE UK \| Environmental Issues \| GM Food \| Nuclear Power
		Currently HMS Intrepid (1) - an amphibious landing vessel - is berthed at Portsmouth awaiting export to an overseas breakers yard, believed to be in Turkey (2).
		1) HMS "Intrepid" is an amphibious landing vessel, built in 1967 by John Brown & Co. (Clydebank) Ltd. Along with HMS Fearless, Intrepid continued to be used throughout the 1980's, including service in the Falklands War, and through to the late 1990's.
		According to information leaked to Greenpeace a 2001 British Navy inventory of asbestos on the HMS "Intrepid" reportedly found asbestos throughout the vessel, including asbestos insulation on pipework throughout the ship and the insulation on the 2 funnels.
	www.greenpeace.org.uk /contentlookup.cfm?&ucidparam=20031114102629&MenuPoint=D-C&CFID=5816201&CFTOKEN=38474232 (1064 words)

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		HMS Fife was shipshape and Bristol fashion that day and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour, especially as I'm ex-US Navy and a destroyerman for life.
		Served on HMS Fife (D20) March 1982-85, I remember being crash drafted to the Fife (Banana Boat) from a cushy job at PCG in HMS Vernon at the start of the Falklands only to find she was still in refit.
		There was a good documentry series here on HMS Brilliant and a run she made through the Med probably back in the late 80's early 90's It is sad to realise the old ships are either scrap or sold to third world navies especially the leanders and the County Class.
	www.angelfire.com /nb/hmsfife/comments.htm (21018 words)

	BLAKE HERITAGE
		There are numerous examples of Blake etymology around the World.
		Throughout history, various members of the Blake family have left a permanent reminder of their presence; and some examples are listed hereunder: -
		'Blake Heritage' contains a schedule of known 'Blake Etymology' together with references to the Blakes involved.
	groups.msn.com /BLAKEHERITAGE/etymology.msnw (61 words)

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