HMS Blanche
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Ten ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Blanche:
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have borne the name HMS Blanche:
- HMS Blanche was a 36-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1779. She foundered in 1780.
- HMS BlancheHMS Blanche (1786)HMS Blanche was a 32-gun Hermione-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was ordered towards the end of the American War of Independence, but only briefly saw service before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793. She enjoyed a number of successful cruises against privateers...
was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1786, at BursledonBursledonBursledon is a village on the River Hamble in Hampshire, England. It is located within the borough of Eastleigh. Close to the city of Southampton, Bursledon has a railway station, a marina, dockyards and the Bursledon Windmill. Nearby villages include Swanwick, Hamble-le-Rice, Netley and Sarisbury...
and wrecked in 1799 off Holland. - HMS Blanche was a 36 gun fifth rate launched in 1800 and captured and burnt in 1805 by four French ships off Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. - HMS BlancheHMS Amfitrite (1804)HMS Amfitrite was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously served with the Spanish Navy before she was captured during the Napoleonic Wars and commissioned into the Royal Navy. The Admiralty renamed her HMS Blanche after she had spent just over a year as Amfitrite...
was a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the Spanish ship Amfitrite. She was captured by Sir Richard StrachanSir Richard Strachan, 6th BaronetSir Richard John Strachan, 6th Baronet GCB was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.-Childhood:...
in HMS DonegalHMS Donegal (1798)The Barra was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Pégase in 1795, and Hoche in 1797. She was captured by the British on 12 October 1798 and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Donegal....
in 1804 and taken into service as HMS AmfitriteHMS Amfitrite (1804)HMS Amfitrite was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously served with the Spanish Navy before she was captured during the Napoleonic Wars and commissioned into the Royal Navy. The Admiralty renamed her HMS Blanche after she had spent just over a year as Amfitrite...
, and renamed HMS Blanche in 1805. She was wrecked off UshantUshantUshant is an island at the south-western end of the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and is in the traditional region of Bro-Leon. Administratively, Ushant is a commune in the Finistère department...
in 1807. - HMS Blanche was a 28-gun sixth rate, previously the French privateerPrivateerA privateer is a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping during wartime. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors without having to spend public money or commit naval officers...
Bellone. HMS PowerfulHMS Powerful (1783)HMS Powerful was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 April 1783 at Blackwall Yard, London.In 1805 the ship arrived too late to take part in the Battle of Trafalgar but was then detached to reinforce the East India squadron. On 13th June 1806 she captured the French...
, assisted by Rattlesnake, captured her 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 PortsmouthPortsmouthPortsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
from 1852 until she was broken up in 1865. - HMS BlancheHMS Blanche (1867)HMS Blanche was a 1760 ton, 6 gun Eclipse-class wooden screw Royal Navy sloop launched on 17 August 1867 from Chatham Dockyard.She was sent to the Australia Station in January 1868, arriving in April 1868. She undertook a punitive action against Solomon Island natives in September 1869. During...
was an Eclipse-classEclipse class sloopThe Eclipse class was a class of seven 6-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1867 and 1870. They were re-armed and re-classified as 12-gun corvettes in 1876. Two further vessel were proposed but never ordered.-Design:...
wooden screw sloopSloop-of-warIn the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
, launched in 1867 and sold in 1886. - HMS Blanche was a Barracouta-class cruiserCruiserA cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period...
, launched in 1889 and sold in 1905. - HMS BlancheHMS Blanche (1909)HMS Blanche was a Blonde class scout cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was laid down in December 1909 at Pembroke Dockyard, launched on 25 November 1909 and completed in November 1910.-Design:...
was a Blonde-classBlonde class cruiserThe Blonde class cruisers were a two ship class of light scout cruisers of the British Royal Navy. They were developments of the earlier Boadicea class class, though were slightly bigger with ten 4 inch guns as their main armament.-History:...
scout cruiserScout cruiserA scout cruiser was a type of warship of the early 20th Century, which were smaller, faster, more lightly armed and armoured than protected cruisers or light cruisers, but larger than contemporary destroyers...
launched in 1909 and sold in 1921. - HMS BlancheHMS Blanche (H47)HMS Blanche was a built for the Royal Navy around 1930. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. She was attacked, but not damaged, by Nationalist bombers...
was a B-classB class destroyerThe B class was a class of nine destroyers of the British Royal Navy, ordered as part of the 1928 Naval Estimates, launched in 1930 and that commissioned in 1931. The class was similar to the preceding A class, with minor modifications...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
launched in 1930 and sunk in 1939.