HMS Blackburn
Appearance
HMS Blackburn has been the name of two Royal Navy vessels:
- HMS Blackburn (1918), a Template:Sclass2- minesweeper launched 1918, sold 1922.
- HMS Blackburn (1944), lead ship of the Template:Sclass-s,[1] an aircraft transport launched 25 March 1944. She became a RNVR drillship in 1950, and was sold in 1968 to become RV Gardline Locater (Gardline Shipping). Broken up 1997.
References
- ^ Aircraft-carrying ships of the Royal Navy, pp. 125–126
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.