HMS Blonde (1760)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blonde and French ship Blonde.

Blonde at the Battle of Bishops Court

HMS Blonde was a 32-gun fifth-rate warship of the British Royal Navy captured from the French in 1760. The ship wrecked on Blonde Rock with American prisoners on board. An American privateer captain, Daniel Adams, rescued the American prisoners and let the British go free. The captain's decision created an international stir. 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.[1][2]

  1. ^ RADDALL, Thomas H. "Adventures of H.M.S. Blonde in Nova Scotia, 1778–1782". Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, Vol. 35. 1966. pp. 29–52.
  2. ^ Paine, Ralph Delahaye (10 February 2007). The Ships and Sailors of Old Salem, Massachusetts. Heritage Books. ISBN 9780788437748 – via Google Books.