 RV George Bligh
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| History | |
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  United Kingdom | |
| Name | RV George Bligh |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Cochrane & Sons Ltd., Selby |
| Yard number | Admiralty 2542 |
| Launched | 24 March 1917 |
| Commissioned | July 1917 |
| In service | 3 March 1920 |
| Renamed | 'Inchkenneth' 1947 |
| Homeport | Lowestoft |
| Fate | Scrapped Charlestown, Fife, November 1954 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
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| Displacement | 324 long tons (329 t) |
| Length | 138.5 ft (42.2 m) |
| Beam | 23.7 ft 6 in (7.4 m) |
| Draught | 12.8 ft 9 in (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion | 87 hp T.3-cyl by Campbell Gas Engine Co Ltd, Halifax |
| Speed | 11kts |
| Complement | 15, up to 18 with wireless |
| Armament | 1 × 12-pdr, 1 × 7.5 in BT |
RV George Bligh (LO309) was a fisheries research vessel that was operated by the Directorate of Fisheries, now known as the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas).
Originally built as an Admiralty Mersey-class trawler for use in the First World war
George Bligh was registered in London but based at the port of Lowestoft, on the East Anglian coast.
Like some other the Mersey-class naval trawlers were given names taken from the roll-call of Nelson's ship HMS Victory. George Bligh was named after Captain George Miller Bligh (1780–1834), an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of captain. He was present aboard HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, and was badly wounded during the action.[1]
- ^ Russell, E.S (1929) The work of the fisheries laboratory, Lowestoft. Science Progress in the Twentieth Century (1919-1933), 23 (91): 457-467.