| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Frigate |
| Class | Captain |
| Pennant | K 467 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 10 Jan 1942 |
| Laid down | 10 May 1943 |
| Launched | 26 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 Sep 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN on 12 November 1945. Stricken and scrapped (sold on 13 June 1946). |
| Former name | USS Liddle DE 76 |
Commands listed for HMS Bligh (K 467)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Edwin Blyth, RNVR | 1 Aug 1943 | mid 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Bertram de Quincey, RNVR | mid 1944 | 26 Jan 1945 |
| 3 | Cdr. Bertram Wilfrid Taylor, RN | 26 Jan 1945 | 31 Jul 1945 |
| 4 | A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Edwin Blyth, RNVR | 31 Jul 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Bligh include:
6 May 1944
German U-boat U-765 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Ireland, in position 52°30'N, 28°28'W, by depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft (825 Sqn FAA/V) of the British escort carrier HMS Vindex (Capt. H.T.T. Bayliss, RN) and the British frigates HMS Bickerton (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, DSO and 2 Bars, RN), HMS Bligh (A/Lt.Cdr. J.W. Cooper, RNR (retired)) and HMS Aylmer (Lt. A.D.P. Campbell, RN).
2 Sep 1944
HMS Una (Lt. F.E. Ashmead-Bartlett, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, DSC, RNR) and HMS Bligh. (1)
7 Nov 1944
The accidental firing of an Anti-Aircraft gun in Liverpool docks leaded to death and injury on the troopship Cape town Castle moored opposite. HMS Bligh then escorted convoy KMF-36 which sailed soon afterwards to Port Said. (2)
27 Jan 1945
The German U-boat U-1172 was sunk in St George's Channel, in position 52°24'N, 05°42'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Tyler (A/Lt.Cdr. C.H. Ranking, RN), HMS Keats (T/A/Lt.Cdr. N.F. Israel, DSC, RNR) and HMS Bligh (Cdr. B.W. Taylor, RN).
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Sources
- ADM 173/19195
- Personal communication
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.