HMS Bligh (K467)

HMS Bligh was a Captain-class frigate active during World War II.

HMS Bligh served exclusively with the 5th Escort Group taking part in operations in the Eastern Atlantic, the English Channel, and off Normandy.

825) of the British escort carrier HMS Vindex, attacked and sank the U-boat U-765 at position 52°30′N 28°28′W / 52.500°N 28.467°W / 52.500; -28.467 using depth charges, resulting in the loss of 37 hands.

On 7 November 1944, an accidental firing of an anti-aircraft gun while docked at Liverpool caused both death and injury on the troopship RMS Capetown Castle.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

William Bligh in 1814