HMS Blenheim
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At least three ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Blenheim, after the Battle of Blenheim
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Blenheim, after the Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Blenheim
The Battle of Blenheim , fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. Louis XIV of France sought to knock Emperor Leopold out of the war by seizing Vienna, the Habsburg capital, and gain a favourable peace settlement...
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- HMS Blenheim (1761)HMS Blenheim (1761)HMS Blenheim was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 5 July 1761 at Woolwich.-Service:Under the command of John Bazely, she took part in the Battle of Hyères Islands in 1795. Blenheim then fought at Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797. By 1801, she had become so badly...
was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line built in 1761, and lost in 1807. She took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797). - HMS Blenheim (1813)HMS Blenheim (1813)HMS Blenheim was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 May 1813 at Deptford Dockyard.She was placed on harbour service in 1831. In 1854/5 she saw service in the Baltic as a 60-gun steam screw...
was a 60 gun ship of the line built in 1813. She was originally laid down as 74-gunner, and broken up in 1865. - HMS Blenheim (1890)HMS Blenheim (1890)HMS Blenheim was a Blake class first class protected cruiser that served in the Royal Navy from 1890–1926.Launched 5 July 1890, she displaced 9,150 tons and her steel hull measured 375 feet and 65 feet with turning 2 propellers giving a top speed of...
was a Blake classBlake class cruiserThe Blake class was a two-ship class of first-class protected cruiser built around 1890 for the Royal Navy.-Service:The two ships were obsolete by the outbreak of the First World War, and served as depot ships...
armoured cruiser that served from 1890-1926.