Sunday, September 19, 2021

HMS Blake was a light cruiser of the Tiger class of the British Royal Navy, the last of the (traditional) Royal Navy gun-armed cruisers in the 20th century.

 


The Royal Navy cruiser HMS Blake (C99) and the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) operate in the English Channel during Operation "NIMEX" on 4 October 1975.


The Royal Navy cruiser HMS Blake (C99) at anchor in Key West Harbor, Florida (USA), in November 1978.


She was named after Robert Blake, a 17th-century admiral who was the "Father of the Royal Navy". She was ordered in 1942 as one of the Minotaur class of light cruisers. They had a low construction priority due to more pressing requirements for other ship types during World War II, particularly anti-submarine craft.
Posted by at
Labels:

No comments:

Post a Comment

How did you like the post, leave a comment. I would appreciate hearing from you all. Best wishes from JC's Naval, Maritime and Military News

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Pageviews from the past week

Followers - Click & become a follower

Naval. Military, Marine, Aviation News and Photos - Marine, Naval and Military Posts

Loading...

Our weather

Receive a daily newsletter showing all new posts just by adding your email in the yellow box below:

Labels

Weather

Blog Archive

Labels

Receive emails

https://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/qoyyvf

My Blog List

Search This Blog

Appreciate some followers. How about you? Just select how often you want to receive posts. Thank you