Blackburn was launched at Blyth 25 March 1944. She was one of a class of aircraft transports named after naval aircraft types. Seen here in April 1963 at Greenock as an RNVR drill ship.
Pollock of Faversham built a further 4. Blackburn was sold to Pounds in 1968 and renamed Harpounds. In 1974 became Isis Locater then Gardline Locater before being scrapped at Singapore in 1997 as Gardline Explorer.