HMT Bredon (T223)

Career (UK)
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.

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Coordinates: 29°49′N 14°5′W / 29.817°N 14.083°W