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Blanche, 1786
Type: Store Ship ; late 5th rate ; 32 x long 12 and 6 pdrs, six x 18-pdr carronades, = 38 guns (1794/5)
Launched : 1786
Disposal date or year : 28 Sep 1799
Disposal Details : Wrecked in the Texel : crew saved. Capt John Ayscough
Displacement : 710 tons (BM)
Notes:
30 Dec 1794 capture of a large French armed schooner off the island of Desirade.
6 Jan 1795 capture of the French frigate Pique, off the islands of the Saintes, WI, during which Captain Robert Faulknor was killed.
23 Apr 1796 the Agamemnon, Diadem, Meleager, and Peterel, detached to cruise off Vado.
By 31 May 1796 Commodore Nelson's squadron, augmented by the Blanche, Captain d'Arcy Preston, and Speedy.
31 May 1796 Oneglia. The boats from a part of Cdre. Nelson's squadron, despite heavy fire, bring off 6 heavily laden transports. .
19 Dec 1796 whilst the frigates Minerve, Captain George Cockburn, and Blanche, Captain d'Arcy Preston, were en route from Gibraltar to Porto-Ferrajo, the Blanche was involved in an inconclusive action with the Spanish frigate Ceres, which was abandoned due to the approach of a Spanish squadron.
Aug-Sep 1799 employed on expedition to Holland until wrecked.