HMS Bligh (K467)
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HMS Bligh was a Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". active during World War II. She was named after William Bligh, commander of Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". at the Battle of Camperdown during the French Revolutionary War, and commander of Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..
Originally destined for the US Navy as a turbo-electric (TE) type Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., HMS Bligh was provisionally given the name USS Liddle, a name that was later reassigned to another ship. However, the delivery was diverted to the Royal Navy before the launch.
Service history
HMS Bligh served exclusively with the 5th Escort Group taking part in operations in the Eastern Atlantic, the English Channel, and off Normandy.
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On 7 November 1944, an accidental firing of an anti-aircraft gun while docked at Liverpool caused both death and injury on the troopship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..
On 27 January 1945, Bligh, along with Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". attacked and destroyed the submarine Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". with depth charges, causing the loss of all 52 hands at position Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..
References
- The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War by Donald Collingwood. published by Leo Cooper (1998), Template:ISBN.
- The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts by Bruce Hampton Franklin, published by Chatham Publishing (1999), Template:ISBN.
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Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.
External links
- Uboat.net page for HMS Bligh
- Uboat.net page for U-765
- Uboat.net page for U-1172
- captainclassfrigates.co.uk
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