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History |
United Kingdom |
Name | HMT Bredon |
Ordered | 15 March 1941 |
Builder | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley |
Laid down | 12 July 1941 |
Launched | 20 November 1941 |
Commissioned | 29 April 1942 |
Fate | Sunk on 8 February 1943 |
Notes | Pennant number: T223 |
General characteristics |
Displacement | 750 tonnes (1,005 tonnes deep) |
Length | 155 ft (47 m) |
Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | One 1-SE Cylindrical Boiler |
Complement | 37 |
Armament | |
His Majesty's Trawler Bredon (Pennant Number T223) was a Hill class naval trawler that served as an anti-submarine escort trawler during the Second World War.
She was sunk by U-521 on 8 February 1943 while off the Canary Islands. Only 2 members of her crew complement of 43 survived.
29°49′N 14°5′W / 29.817°N 14.083°W / 29.817; -14.083
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1943 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Feb: USS De Haven, Makigumo, HMS Welshman
- 3 Feb: Dorchester, U-265
- 4 Feb: U-187
- 6 Feb: HMCS Louisburg
- 7 Feb: Empire Banner, Henry R. Mallory, Kalliopi, U-609, U-624
- 8 Feb: HMT Bredon, Iron Knight, Roger B. Taney, Tatsuta Maru
- 9 Feb: Pan Royal
- 11 Feb: I-18
- 12 Feb: Castilian, U-442
- 13 Feb: U-620
- 15 Feb: U-529
- 16 Feb: USS Amberjack
- 17 Feb: U-69, U-201, U-205, USS YP-72
- 19 Feb: Fresnel, U-268, U-562, V 408 Haltenbank
- 20 Feb: Ōshio
- 21 Feb: U-623
- 22 Feb: U-225, U-606, HMCS Weyburn
- 23 Feb: Stockport, U-443, U-522
- 24 Feb: U-649, HMS Vandal
- 27 Feb: HMT Lord Hailsham, HMS Tigris
- Unknown date: HNoMS Uredd
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