![]() ![]() She was originally laid down in 1942 as a Minotaur (Swiftsure)-class cruiser, but these were a low priority for the Royal Navy, so she stayed in construction until 1945. Even so, Blake does bear the unenviable honor of a slew of “lasts” that make her historically significant to the Royal Navy.īlake, as a member of the Tiger-class, can trace her lineage all the way back to the Second World War. As a postwar cruiser, HMS Blake is notable more for her technology and less for her service record. ![]() It’s a bittersweet sense of finality to see the end of an era. So too is the sobering remembrance of historic lasts. The excitement of the advent of a new technology or a world first human achievement is hard to match. Blake at sea before her mid 1960’s refit into an ASW cruiser.Īs a species, humanity enjoys celebrating historic firsts.
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