The black-hulled XV Patrick Blackett sailed into the citys harbour this afternoon, ahead of a formal naming ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base on Friday.<\/p>\n
The vessel will join the Senior Services NavyX team, which aims fast-track the development of cutting-edge tech from the laboratory and into the hands of sailors. <\/p>\n
Not much is known about exactly how the vessel will be used. However, she has been designated as a dedicated experimentation ship and is expected to make her seafaring debut in autumn.<\/p>\n
The ship is named after a renowned British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers and cosmic rays, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948.<\/p>\n
Patrick Blackett was also a veteran of the Royal Navy, serving in the First World War. During the Second World War he a scientific adviser to Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Pile, commander in chief of anti-aircraft command.<\/p>\n
He then became the director of operation research with the admiralty, from 1942 to 1945, with his research helping to directly improve the survival odds of convoys and bombers. <\/p>\n
Taking to Twitter, Rear Admiral James Parkin said: Having fought in World War 1 as a naval officer, in World War 2 he was critical to the UKs war efforts as an eminent scientific advisor, developing ideas on subjects as diverse as convoy protection, anti-aircraft defences, and the futility of strategic bombing.<\/p>\n
Although not a household name today, Patrick Blackett has a crater on the moon named after him, as well as a lecture theatre and hall at @ManchesterUniv and a laboratory at @imperialcollege, and a Blue Plaque was unveiled at his house in 2016.<\/p>\n
However, the @RoyalNavy has not, until now, found an appropriate way to honour a man who did so much for his nation, and the world. Which is why Im thrilled the Experimental Vessel (XV) Patrick Blackett will arrive into @HMNBPortsmouth.<\/p>\n
XV Patrick Blackett will be formally named on Friday, after which a process will take place to train her new crew, transfer her on to the Defence Shipping Register, etc. Then, in the autumn, the ship will go to sea as the @RNNavyX dedicated experimentation ship.<\/p>\n
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