HMS Blake - Guide 152

The Blake class protected cruisers of the Royal Navy are today's subjects.

Next on the list:
-HMS Romala/Ramola
-SMS Emden
-Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen
-Destroyer Velos
-U.S.S. John R. Craig
-C class
-HMS Caroline
-HMS Hermes
-Iron Duke
-Kronprinz Erzerzorg Rudolph.
-HMS Eagle
-Ise class
-18 inch monitor
-De Zeven Provinciën
-USS Langley
-Kongo class
-Grom class
-St Louis class
-All-big-gun designs
-USS Oregon
-Gascogne
-Alsace
-Lyon and Normandie classes
-Leander class
-HMS Ajax
-Project 1047
-Battle class
-Daring class
-USS Indianapolis
-Atago/Takao
-Midway class
-Graf Zeppelin
-Bathurst class
-RHS Queen Olga
-HMS Belfast
-Aurora
-Imperator Nikolai I
-USS Helena
-USS Tennesse
-HMNZS New Zealand
-HMS Queen Mary
-USS Marblehead
-New York class
-L-20e
-Abdiel class
-Panserskib (Armoured ship) Rolf Krake
-HMS Victoria
-HMS Charybdis
-Eidsvold class
-IJN “Special” DD's
-SMS Emden
-Ships of Battle of Campeche
-USS England (DE-635)
-Tashkent
-1934A Class
-HMS Plym (K271)
-Siegfried class

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Consolidated list of all Drachinifel Guides to date:

001 HMS Dreadnought battleship
002 KMS Scharnhorst battlecruiser
003 USS South Carolina class battleships
004 USS Wyoming class battleships
005 USS California battleship
006 HMS Agincourt battleship
007 SMS Nassau class battleships
008-1 HMS Queen Elizabeth battleship
008-2 Queen Elizabeth class battleships
008-3 HMS Warspite battleship
009 HMS Hood battlecruiser
010 IJN Kawachi class battleships
011 RN Dante Alighieri battleship
012 SMS SCharnhorst armored cruiser
013 IJN Fuso class battleships
014 SMS Tegethoff class battleships
015 MN Courbet class battleships
016 HIRMS Gangut class battleships
017 KMS Bismarck class battleships
018 RHS Georgios Averof armored cruiser
019 ESPS Espana class battleships
020 SMS Brandenburg class pre-dreadnoughts
021-1 HMS King George V battleship
021-2 HMS Prince of Wales battleship
021-3 King George V class battleships
022 USS South Dakota class battleships
023 SMS Helgoland class battleships
024 USS Atlanta class light cruisers
025 Tribal class destroyers
026 USS William D. Porter destroyer
027 HMCS Haida destroyer
028 HNLMS Java class light cruisers
029 HMS Lion (1938) class never-built battleships
030 SMS Bayern class battleships
031 HMS Renown class battlecruisers
032 SMS Moltke class battlecruisers
033 USS Pennsylvania class battleships
034 IJN Shikishima class pre-dreadnoughts
035 SMS Radetzky class pre-dreadnoughts
036 USS Brooklyn class light cruisers
037 SMS Blucher armored cruiser
038 MN Bretagne class battleships
039 MN Richelieu class battleships
040 MN Dunkerque class battlecruisers
041 USS Nevada class battleships
042 SMS Goeben battlecruiser
043 HMS Invincible class battlecruisers
044 MN Danton class pre-dreadnoughts
045-1 RN Littorio class battleships
045-2 RN Littorio battleship
046-1 USS Lexington class battlecruisers
046-2 USS Lexington class aircraft carriers
047 ARA General Belgrano light cruiser
048 HMS Illustrious class aircraft carriers
049 USS New Orleans class heavy cruisers
050 USS New Orleans CA-32 heavy cruiser
051 SMS Mackensen never-built battlecruiser
052 SMS Ersatz Monarch never-built battlecruiser
053 USS South Dakota (1920) never-built battleship
054 HSwMS Sverige class battleships
055-1 USS Clemson class destroyers
055-2 USS Stewart (DD-224) destroyer
056-1 Northampton class heavy cruisers
056-2 USS Northampton heavy cruiser
057 Ironclad Huascar
058 SMS Seydlitz battlecruiser
059 USS John C. Butler destroyer escort
060-1 Iowa class battleships
060-2 Weapons and Armour battleship
060-3 USS Iowa battleship
060-4 USS Illinois & USS Kentucky battleships
060-5 USS New Jersey battleship
060-6 USS Missouri battleship
060-7 USS Wisconsin battleship
061 Stalingrad class battlecruisers
062 USS Yorktown class aircraft carriers
063 USS Enterprise aircraft carrier
064 HMS Courageous class battlecruisers
065 HMS Glorious aircraft carrier
066 HMS Erebus class monitors
067 RHS Salamis never-built battleship
068 B65 class never-built battlecruisers
069 SMS Deutchland class pre-dreadnoughts
070 G3 class never-built battlecruisers
071 USS North Carolina class battleships
072 N3 class never-built battleships
073 Tillman never-built battleship
074 Deutchland class (1930) heavy cruisers
075 KMS Graf Spee heavy cruiser
076 IJN Tone class heavy cruisers
077 HMS Warrior ironclad
078 IRN Potemkin pre-dreadnought
079 HMS Captain ironclad
080 KMS Admiral Hipper class heavy cruisers
081 KMS Prinz Eugen heavy cruiser
082 IJN Yamato class battleships
083 RN Italia class pre-dreadnoughts
084 HIRMS Tsesarevich pre-dreadnought
085 RHS Vasilissa Olga destroyer
086 IJN Nagato class battleships
087 Monitor Parnaiba
088 G class destroyers
089 HMS Glowworm destroyer
090 Town class light cruisers
091 USS Wichita heavy cruiser
092 HMS Lord Nelson class pre-dreadnoughts
093-1 USS Essex class aircraft carriers
093-2 USS Essex - Fighters
094 HIRMS Slava pre-dreadnought
095 USS Massachusetts battleship
096 USS Pensacola class heavy cruisers
097 IJN Oyodo light cruiser
098 Riachuelo never-built battleship
099 IJN I-19 submarine
100 HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier
101 ORP Blyskawica destroyer
102 USS West Virginia battleship
103 IJN Amagi class never-built battlecruisers
104 IJN Tosa class never-built battleships
105 USS Alaska class large heavy cruisers
106 SMS Derfflinger class battlecruisers
107 HSwMS Tre Kronor class light cruisers
108 HMS Nelson class battleships
109 USS Gato class submarines
110 Admiralen class destroyers
111 H-40 through H-44 never-built battleships
112 Russian Circular Warships
113 HMS Habakkuk never-built aircraft carrier
114 IJN Mikasa pre-dreadnought
115 County class heavy cruisers
116 HMS Indefatigable razee frigate
117 KMS Tirpitz battleship
118 USS Montana class never-built battleships
119 USS Florida class battleships
120 HMS Revenge class battleships
121 USS Fletcher class destroyers
122 USS Salt Lake City heavy cruiser
123 KCCCP Storozhevoy class destroyers
124 Flower class corvettes
125 USS Galena ironclad
126 USS San Juan light cruiser
127 HMS Sheffield light cruiser
128 USS Johnston destroyer
129 HMS Dido class light cruisers
130 Hunt class destroyers
131 HMS Majestic class pre-dreadnoughts
132-1 HMS Vanguard battleship
132-2 HMS Vanguard (extended) battleship
133 IJN Mogami class heavy cruisers
134 BAP Almirante Grau class scout cruisers
135 USS Vesuvius "dynamite cruiser"
136 MN Surcouf submarine
137 SMS Von der Tann battlecruiser
138 MN Massena pre-dreadnought
139 HMS Agamemnon 64 gun 3rd Rate
140 USS Radford destroyer
141 Colossus-Majestic class aircraft carriers
142 HMCS Magnificent aircraft carrier
143 HMCS Bonaventure aircraft carrier
144 Crown Colony class light cruisers
145 HMCS Quebec light cruiser
146 HMS Rodney battleship
147 Minotaur class light cruisers
148 HMCS Ontario light cruiser
149 HMS Lion (1910) class battlecruisers
150 USS Wasp aircraft carrier
151 Kamchatka repair ship
152 HMS Blake class protected cruisers

[willrogers]

Very nice! I have to admit, there’s just something about the ships of the period spanning from the 1880’s through the early dreadnought era that I find absolutely fascinating; the sheer amount of new ideas and technologies being implemented almost on a year-to-year basis lead to some truly unique designs that I doubt could have existed at any other time in history. Even in the case of the “ugly ducklings” *ahemFRANCEharrumph* they’re still undeniably interesting ships, regardless of how visually offensive they might be. Thanks for introducing me to a class of ships that managed to be both interesting and easy on the eyes! 😁

[paulwallis]

Pretty much covers all of the future design issues for the next generations of warships. Very ambitious designs, but obviously also very useful.

[ROMADESIGNSTUDIO]

It's probably just the paint, but so many of these early ships remind me of private yachts and cruise ships.

[sander]

Those cruisers are beautifuls wish there was one of them was museum

[johnfisher]

Thanks Drach
These Victorian era ships may look strange by today's standards but were cutting edge at the time
It's incredible just how fast technology was changing then whereas in living memory it had been fairly static for hundreds of years.

[collinfrye]

So what your saying is they turbocharged a 9000 ton warship

[jaymassengill]

"Scotty! Give it forced draft!"
"I'm givin' 't all she's got Captain!! She canno' take a much more!"

[wrayday]

"She is a nice ship... but clearly lacking enough funnels." - USN Design Bureau

[markchip]

I was so excited when I saw the notification for HMS Blake having requested her inclusion about a year ago! Imagine my disappointment that this was not the helicopter cruiser from the '50s & '60s...

[McRocket]

That was much more interesting than I originally thought it would be.
Thank you.
☮

[jonskowitz]

"I need a cruiser that can perform any mission; with both long range and high speed."

William White must have been a, "Rule the Waves" player.

[antonfarquar]

Truly handsome ships Mr. White must have had an aesthetic as well as a military industrial side. Excellent report.

[mikepette]

I heart Armoured and protected cruiser talk.

[chipfission]

When Drachinifel gets on about ships, or in some cases things that aren't ships, I've never heard of before I get EXCITED!

[briananthony]

Quite handsome with the black hulls and white topsides.

[lordollswater]

I would love a video on the Defence class ironclads, HMS Defence and HMS Resistance!

[richardw]

Hot coffee and a Drach video, what a fine way to start a Saturday. Informative and entertaining as usual. Thank you and well done, sir.

[rahbaralhaq]

3:48 so basically, these ships engines were fitted with superchargers?

[stevehomeier]

I had recently asked for a segment on armored vs protected cruisers and now with this and the Elswick segment my questions are answered, thanks Drach!