Allied Warships

HMS Bedfordshire (FY 141)

ASW Trawler

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeASW Trawler
Class 
PennantFY 141 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched17 Jul 1935 
CommissionedAug 1939 
Lost12 May 1942 
Loss position34.10N, 76.41W (See a map)
 
History

Completed in August 1935.
Taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
Displacement: 443 tons.
Armament: 1 4" gun.

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
Sunk on 12 May 1942 by U-558 (Krech).

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