HMT Bredon (T223)

History

United Kingdom
Class and type:	Hill class naval trawler
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 in 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 souls from her complement of 43 survived.

References

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, Tatsuta Maru 9 Feb: Pan Royal 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 19 Feb: U-268, U-562 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	12 Feb: USS Salamonie, Uruguay

1942 1943 1944 January 1943 March 1943

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