HMS Blonde (1760)

Upon returning to Boston, the American privateer was banished for letting go the British crew and he and his family became Loyalist refugees in Nova Scotia.

In the subsequent Battle of Bishops Court, the British captured Maréchal de Belleisle (after Thurot was killed), Terpsichore, and Blonde.

It was named for its figurehead, in the form of a "large and shapely female in extreme décolletage," whose hair was painted blonde.

[9] On 25 January 1781, Blonde, Otter, and Delight, as well as some smaller vessels, carried 300 troops from Charleston to the Cape Fear River.

[10] The object of the expedition was to establish sea communications with Lord Cornwallis and provide a base for the army, which was moving north.