HMS Blonde

HMS Blonde

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Blonde":

*HMS "Blonde" was a 32-gun fifth rate, captured from the French in 1760 by HMS "Aeolus". She was wrecked in 1782.
*HMS "Blonde" was a 32-gun fifth rate believed to have been launched in 1783. Little is known of her, and she may have been cancelled or renamed.
*HMS "Blonde" was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1787 and used as a troop ship from 1798, before being sold in 1805.
*HMS "Blonde" was a 28-gun sixth rate, captured from the French in in 1793 by HMS "Latona" and HMS "Phaeton". She was sold in 1794.
*HMS "Blonde" was previously HMS "Hebe", a 38-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1782. She was renamed HMS "Blonde" in 1805 and was broken up in 1811.
*HMS "Blonde" was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate, but she was renamed HMS "Ister" in 1812 before being launched in 1813.
*HMS "Blonde" was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1819. She was used for harbour service from 1850 and was renamed HMS "Calypso" in 1870, before being sold in 1895.
*HMS "Blonde" was to have been a wood screw frigate. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
*HMS "Blonde" was to have been an armoured frigate, but she was renamed HMS "Shah" in 1873 before being launched later that year.
*HMS "Blonde" was a third class cruiser launched in 1889 and sold in 1905.
*HMS "Blonde" was a "Blonde" class scout cruiser launched in 1910 and sold in 1920.


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