HMT Bredon (T223) - Misplaced Pages

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	QF 12 pounder (76-mm) HA/LA main gun 3 x 20 mm Anti Aircraft guns 4 x 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns (2x2)

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.

References

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1943
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
Other incidents	4 Feb: USS Grouper 6 Feb: Ro-100 7 Feb: USS Swordfish 12 Feb: USS Salamonie, Uruguay 15 Feb: Ro-106 16 Feb: USS Sawfish 17 Feb: USS Sawfish
1942 1943 1944 January 1943 March 1943

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