HMS Blanche

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Blanche":

*HMS "Blanche" was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate captured from the French in 1779. She foundered in 1780.
*HMS "Blanche" was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1786, at Burlesdon and wrecked in 1799 off Holland.
*HMS "Blanche" was a 36 gun frigate launched in 1800 and captured and burnt in 1805 by four French ships off Puerto Rico.
*HMS "Blanche" was a 38-gun frigate, previously the Spanish ship "Amfitrite". She was captured by Sir Richard Strachan in HMS "Donegal" in 1804 and taken into service as HMS "Amfitrite", and renamed HMS "Blanche" in 1805. She was wrecked off Ushant in 1807.
*HMS "Blanche" was a 28-gun frigate, previously the French privateer "Bellone". She was captured by HMS "Powerful", assisted by "Rattlesnake", off Ceylon on 9 July 1806. She was taken into service as HMS "Bellona" and was renamed HMS "Blanche" in 1809, before being broken up in 1814.
*HMS "Blanche" was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1819. She was used as a Receiving Hulk at Portsmouth from 1852 until she was broken up in 1865.
*HMS "Blanche" was an "Eclipse" class wooden screw sloop, launched in 1867 and sold in 1886.
*HMS "Blanche" was a "Barracouta" class cruiser, launched in 1889 and sold in 1905.
*HMS "Blanche" was a "Blonde" class scout cruiser launched in 1909 and sold in 1921.
*HMS "Blanche" (H47) was a B-class destroyer launched in 1930 and sunk in 1939.