Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | ASW Trawler |
Class | [No specific class] |
Pennant | FY 141 |
Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 17 Jul 1935 |
Commissioned | Oct 1939 |
Lost | 12 May 1942 |
Loss position | 34° 10'N, 76° 41'W |
History | Completed in August 1935. 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 |
U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Bedfordshire |
Commands listed for HMS Bedfordshire (FY 141)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Ch.Skr. Jacob West Craske, RNR | 2 Oct 1939 | 22 Dec 1939 |
2 | Skr. Thomas Fairclough, RNR | 22 Dec 1939 | 18 Jun 1940 |
3 | Skr. John Wilkinson Short, RNR | 18 Jun 1940 | 7 Sep 1940 |
4 | T/Lt. Gerald Stewart Gaylard, RNVR | 7 Sep 1940 | 26 Feb 1941 |
5 | Lt. Russell Bransby Davis, RNR | 26 Feb 1941 | 12 May 1942 (+) |
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