Dod Orsborne

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George Black "Dod" Orsborne (4 July 1902 – 23 December 1957) was a British trawler captain and seafarer, who acquired notoriety in 1936 when he took the trawler Girl Pat on an unauthorised voyage across the Atlantic. The escapade attracted much press attention, and Orsborne and his crew were briefly hailed as heroes. Orsborne was tried and imprisoned for the theft of the trawler; subsequently he claimed that the voyage had been part of an undercover operation organised by British Naval Intelligence. Orsborne served in the Royal Navy in both world wars. He published an account of his adventurous life in 1949.

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