HMS Blenheim (1890)

History
HMS Blenheim
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Blenheim
Builder	Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, London
Laid down	October 1888
Launched	5 July 1890
Commissioned	1891
Decommissioned	1926
Reclassified	Depot ship 1907
Fate	Sold for breaking up 13 July 1926
General characteristics
Class & type	Blake-class protected cruiser
Displacement	9,150 tons
Length	375 ft (114 m)
Beam	65 ft (20 m)
Propulsion	2 propellers 4 Humphrys, Tenant & Co Triple Expansion Steam Engines of 20,000 ihp (14,914 kW)
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h)
Armament	2 × BL 9.2 inch Mk VI guns (234 mm) 10 × QF 6 inch Mk I–III guns (152 mm) 16 × 3-pounder (57 mm) guns 4 × 14 inch torpedo tubes

HMS Blenheim was a Blake-class first class protected cruiser that served in the Royal Navy from 1890 to 1926. She was built by Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company at Leamouth, London. The ship was named after the Battle of Blenheim.