French frigate Aigrette (1756)

Aigrette was a Blonde-class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy.

Aigrette took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759 under Longueville, and escaped into Vilaine River.

On 18 March, she was fought HMS Arethusa, under captain Charles Holmes Everitt.

[8][9] In July 1781, she sailed to Havana to ferry 500,000 piasters that the Spanish government was providing to fund the French squadron.

}[11] In September 1781, she ferried troops from Annapolis to James River to support the Siege of Yorktown.