title: French ship Blonde
text: # French ship Blonde
  
  Several ships of the French navy have borne the name Blonde:
  
  * Blonde (1755), captured in 1760 by HMS Aeolus and taken into service as HMS Blonde. She was wrecked in 1782.
  * Blonde, launched in 1781, that HMS Latona and Phaeton captured in 1793; she was taken into service as HMS Blonde. She was sold in 1794 and became a whaling ship that a French privateer captured in 1796.
  