Allied Warships

HMS Blake (99)

Light cruiser of the Minotaur class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeLight cruiser
ClassMinotaur 
Pennant99 
Built byFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) 
Ordered13 May 1942 
Laid down17 Aug 1942 
Launched20 Dec 1945 
Commissioned8 Mar 1961 
End service6 Dec 1978 
History

Originally named HMS Tiger.
Decommissioned on 6 December 1979.
Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1981.

 
Former nameHMS Tiger

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Commanding officers HMS Blake:

Capt DG Clutterbuck, RN 17 Jan 1961
Capt RF Plugge, RN 21 Oct 1968 to 27 Apr 1970
Capt RD Butt, RN 27 Apr 1970 to 17 Apr 1972
Capt RM Tobey, RN 17 Apr 1972 to 22 Apr 1974
Capt PG Herbert, RN 22 Apr 1974 to 10 Oct 1975
Capt DM Eckersley-Maslin RN, 10 Oct 1975 to 6 Dec 1976
Capt HB Parker, RN 6 Dec 1976 to 3 Jan 1979
Capt DJ McKenzie, RN 3 Jan 1979 to 6 dec 1979
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Sources

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