| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | |
| Pennant | FY 141 |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 17 Jul 1935 |
| Commissioned | Aug 1939 |
| Lost | 12 May 1942 |
| Loss position | 34.10N, 76.41W (See a map) |
| History | Completed in August 1935. Lent to the United States Navy in March 1942. HMT Bedfordshire (Lt. Russell Bransby Davis, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk on 12 May 1942 by the German submarine U-558 off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, USA in position 34º10'N, 76º41'W; There were no survivors. 6 British sailors, 4 of them identified, are buried at the British Cemetery at Ocracoke, Hyde County, North Carolina. See this website (offsite link). Hit by U-boat |
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