lead ship class scout cruisers built royal_navy decade 20th century led 7th destroyer flotilla mediterranean fleet completion ship temporarily assigned 1st destroyer flotilla joined world war blonde assigned battleship squadrons grand_fleet ship converted actually laid mines reduced reserve sold scrap design description designed provide destroyer command ship capable enemy destroyers inch guns blonde proved slow service start career knot mph speed inadequate match knot mph speeds destroyers led flotilla displacing long tons ship overall length feet beam feet inches deep draught feet inches powered parsons steam turbines driving shaft turbines produced total indicated horsepower steam produced yarrow boilers gave maximum speed knots mph carried maximum long tons coal long tons fuel oil crew consisted officers enlisted men main armament consisted breech loading inch vii guns forward pair guns mounted platform forecastle pairs port starboard amidships remaining guns quarterdeck ahead guns fired pound shells range yards secondary armament quick firing pounder guns submerged inch torpedo tubes scout cruiser ship lightly protected maximize speed curved protective deck inch thick slope inches flat conning tower protected inches armour construction service blonde eighth ship laid december launched july wife sir 1st completed captain command leader 7th destroyer flotilla mediterranean captain assumed command ship 1st destroyer flotilla fleet lost sea january replaced captain relieved captain april transferred scout cruiser fearless ship assigned flotilla ship transferred 4th battle squadron june captain assumed command july ship assigned 4th battle squadron grand_fleet scapa_flow start war august captain command march blonde flotilla leader broke patrol east scapa_flow depth charge carried blonde exploded damaging upper deck killing crew accident resulted type depth charge carried blonde depth charge withdrawn use grand_fleet ship refit april missed june blonde detached august october rejoined 4th battle squadron captain command transferred 1st battle squadron april captain honourable having assumed command february june commander september converted laid mines combat captain december retained command january relieved turn captain blonde reserve february assigned sister ship sisters listed sale march blonde sold scrap broken netherlands
HMS Blonde (1910)