HMS Blandford
Three vessels of the
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Blandford
after
Blandford Forum
:
HMS
Blandford
(1711)
was a 20-gun
Gibraltar
group
frigate
launched in 1711. She foundered in the
Bay of Biscay
in 1719.
HMS
Blandford
(1719)
was a 20-gun
1719 Establishment
frigate launched in 1719 and sold in 1742.
HMS
Blandford
(1741)
was a 24-gun modified
1733 Establishment
frigate launched in 1741. In 1755 she was seized by the French off
Brest
in retaliation for the seizure of French ships in Canada but later released. She was sold in 1763.