Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Destroyer Depot Ship |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | 4.221 |
Built by | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 8 Jan 1920 |
Commissioned | 1941 |
End service | |
History | Displacement: 16600 tons. Initialy based at Iceland. Went to the Mediterranean in October 1943. Scrapped at Barrow 16 March 1948. |
Commands listed for HMS Blenheim (4.221)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | A/Cdr. (emergency) Walter James Melrose, DSC, RN | 25 Jul 1941 | 18 Nov 1941 |
2 | Capt. Humphrey Benson Jacomb, RN | 18 Nov 1941 | 26 Mar 1942 |
3 | Capt. (retired) Charles Maurice Blackman, DSO, RN | 26 Mar 1942 | Aug 1945 |
4 | A/Cdr. (retired) Wilmot Pynson Bennitt, DSC, RN | Aug 1945 | mid 1946 |
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