Dod Orsborne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDod Orsborne
British writer
Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1902
Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 23-Dec-1957
Profession: fisher
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Dod Orsborne
- George Black Orsborne (4 July 1902 – 23 December 1957), also known as PJ Orsborne, was a Grimsby 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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