1969 to 1979    

C99 HMS Blake

UK Royal Navy

1961 to 1968 - Tiger class C99 HMS Blake    




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Flight Deck: BL
Call Sign: GLZM
See Also: C Tiger class C99





  Events


History of Tiger class UK HMS Blake C99

1942-aug-17Laid downLaid down as HMS Tiger
1945-dec-20LaunchedLaunched
1961-mar-18CommissionedCommissioned
1962-augPort VisitPort Visit visited Port-of-Spain in company with HMS Whirlwind for Trinidad & Tobago Independence Day celebrations
1965RefitRefit Converted at HMD Portsmouth, between 1965 and 1969 into a Helicopter Cruiser for 4x Wessex / Sea King.

History of UK HMS Blake C99

1969-jul-26DeploymentDeployment Torbay Fleet Review: Ships of the Western Fleet Present at Ships of the Western Fleet review in Torbay, flying the flag of Flag Officer Carriers & Amphibious Ships..
1971-jul-02AircraftAircraft HMNB Portsmouth 820 NAS Alongside in Portsmouth with 820 NAS Wessex HAS.3 XP104 / 410-BL and XM837 / 411-BL embarked.
1971-aug-28AircraftAircraft HMNB Portsmouth 820 NAS Alongside in Portsmouth with 820 NAS Wessex HAS.3 XP104 / 410-BL, XM833 / 412-BL and XM844 / 413-BL embarked.
1971-oct departed HMNB Portsmouth for San Francisco in support of British Week.
1972-jun-15AircraftAircraft HMNB Portsmouth 820 NAS Alongside in Portsmouth with 820 NAS Wessex HAS.3 XM871 / 410-BL, XM327 / 411-BL, XM833 / 412-BL and XM844 / 413-BL embarked.
1974-sepAircraftAircraft embarked 820 NAS for global deployment in Task Group 317.2
1974-sep-17DeploymentDeployment departed HMNB Portsmouth as Flagship of Task Group 317.2 for Far East deployment, joining with HMS Achilles, HMS Diomede, HMS Falmouth, HMS Leander, HMS Lowestoft, RFA Green Rover, RFA Olna and RFA Stromness, returned Jun 1975.
1974-oct-14Port VisitPort Visit Visited Simonstown en route Far East deployment, in company with other ships from Task Group 317.2, until 21 Oct.
1976-apr-07AircraftAircraft Trials assigned to Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment
2 days of flying and handling trials with early Sea King XV370
1977-jun-25DeploymentDeployment Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Mother Bank
1978-may-31DeploymentDeployment departed HMNB Portsmouth as Flagship of Task Group 317.7 for 6.5 month Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific group deployment escorted by HMS Juno, supported by RFA Green Rover, RFA Stromness and RFA Tidespring. This group joined with the Devonport group of HMS Ambuscade, HMS Hermione and HMS Leander, returned to UK 12 Dec 1978.
1979DecommissionedDecommissioned
1982-octFate: scrappedFate: scrapped Cairnryan Breakers Yard sold for scrap Oct 1982 and arrived at Cairnryan in Nov 1982



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  Specifications


Tiger conversion class
880crew
12100full load (tn)
173length (m)
19beam (m)
7draught (m)
30max speed (knots)

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1Naval Radar air search radar Type 965
1Naval Radar navigation radar Type 978
1Naval Radar surface and low level air search radar Type 993
1Naval Radar fire direction radar Type 903

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