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HMS Blanche H-47 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
B |
Builder: |
R & W Hawthorn Leslie and Company Ltd. Hebburn-on-Tyne, England |
Pennant Number: |
H-47 |
Ordered: |
March 4, 1929 |
Launched: |
May 29, 1930 |
Keel Laid: |
July 29, 1929 |
Completed: |
February 14, 1931 |
Fate: |
Sunk Nov. 13, 1939 by a mine laid by the German destroyers Z-18 Hans Lüdemann, Z-19 Hermann Künne, Z-20 Karl Glaster or Z-21 Wilhelm Heidkamp on Nov. 12/13, 1939. Location: North Sea, 6 miles NNE of Margate, England. (51.27N - 01.27E) (Taken in tow by the tug Fabia but capsized and sank en route to Sheerness.) 2 crewmen killed, survivors PU by Fabia (tug), Kestrel (trawler), Lady Brassey (tug) and Golden Spray (trawler) and landed at Ramsgate. (Roll of Honour) |
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Notes |
Blanche was the first British warship lost to a mine in World War II, and the first British destroyer lost to enemy action in World War II. |
Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Feb. 21, 2012 |