Bradford City
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| Name | Bradford City | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.953 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Bideford | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Nov, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-68 (Karl-Friedrich Merten) | ||
| Position | 22.59S, 09.49E - Grid GH 2638 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 45 (0 dead and 45 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Louis, Mauritius - Capetown - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 9500 tons of sugar and rum | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.54 hours on 1 Nov, 1941, the unescorted Bradford City (Master Henry Paul) was torpedoed and sunk by U-68 about 300 miles west of Walvis Bay, South West Africa. The master, 36 crew members and eight gunners landed near Walvis Bay and were rescued by South African troops. | ||
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