Diana Dors Diana Dors Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English film actress and singer. She first came to public notice as a blonde bombshell in the style of American Marilyn Monroe, as promoted by her first husband, Dennis Hamilton, mostly via sex film-comedies and risqué modelling. After it turned out that Hamilton had been defrauding her, she continued to play up to her established image, and she made tabloid headlines with the parties reportedly held at her house. Later, she showed a genuine talent for TV, recordings, and cabaret, and gained new
French corvette Blonde (1781) "Princess", was able to fend off "Modeste". Citations References French corvette Blonde (1781) Blonde was a "Coquette"-class corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1781. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1793 and sold her in 1794, without apparently ever actually having taken her into service. Mercantile interests purchased her and initially named her "Prince", but then renamed her "Princess". She became a whaler until a French privateer captured her in 1796 during "Princess"s first whaling voyage. The eight "Coquette"-class corvettes were built to a design by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb. "Blonde" had a refit in 1783, when she was not