Eleven ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have borne the name HMS Blonde:
was a 32-gun fifth rate, captured from the French in 1760 by HMS Aeolus. She was wrecked in 1782. 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. was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1787 and used as a troop ship from 1798, before being sold in 1805. was a 28-gun sixth rate, captured from the French in 1793 by and . She was sold in 1794.

• HMS Blonde was previously , 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 in 1812 before being launched in 1813. 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 an Ister-class
  Ister class frigate
  The Ister-class frigates were a group of five 36-gun screw frigates built for the Royal Navy in the early 1860s. Four of the ships were cancelled after they were laid down and was the only ship completed.-Description:...
  
   wooden screw frigate
  Frigate
  A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
  
  . She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
• HMS Blonde was to have been an armoured frigate, but she was renamed in 1873 before being launched later that year. was a Barracouta-class third-class protected cruiser
  Protected cruiser
  The protected cruiser is a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because its armoured deck offered protection for vital machine spaces from shrapnel caused by exploding shells above...
  
   launched in 1889 and sold in 1905. was a Blonde-class
  Blonde class cruiser
  The 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 cruiser
  Scout cruiser
  A 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 1910 and sold in 1920.