HMS Blackburn

HMS Blackburn has been the name of two Royal Navy vessels:

• HMS Blackburn (1918), a Hunt class minesweeper (1916) launched 1918, sold 1922.
• HMS Blackburn (1944), lead ship of the Blackburn class aircraft transports,^[1] an aircraft transport launched 25 March 1944. She became a RNVR drillship in 1950, and was sold in 1968 to become RV Gardline Locator (Gardline Shipping). Broken up 1997.

References

• 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. OCLC 67375475.