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HMT Bredon (T223)

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Name
  
HMT Bredon

Laid down
  
12 July 1941

Construction started
  
12 July 1941

Length
  
47 m

Draft
  
3.7 m

Ordered
  
15 March 1941

Commissioned
  
29 April 1942

Launched
  
20 November 1941

Displacement
  
750,000 kg

Builder
  
Cook, Welton & Gemmell

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Class and type
  
Hill class naval trawler

Fate
  
Sunk on 8 February 1943

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

HMT Bredon (T223) Wikipedia