History
United Kingdom
NameBradman
OwnerBunch Steam Fishing Company
BuilderCochrane & Sons, Selby
Launched31 October 1936
History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMT Bradman (FY 189)
NamesakeDon Bradman
OwnerRoyal Navy
Acquired26 August 1939
CommissionedOctober 1939
FateSunk, 25 April 1940
History
Germany
NameV 6112 Friese
OwnerKriegsmarine
Acquired11 July 1940
FateSunk, 19 August 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage452 GRT
Propulsion1 x 3-cylinder triple expansion engine
Speed11 knots

HMT Bradman (FY 189) was a 452-ton anti-submarine warfare trawler of the Royal Navy during the Second World War.[1] She was built by Cochrane & Sons, Selby and was launched on 31 October 1936. As a fishing vessel of the Bunch Steam Fishing company she was registered at Grimsby. In the leadup to the war she was requisitioned by the Admiralty on 26 August 1939 and commissioned into the Royal Navy in October.

In the Norwegian campaign she was damaged by German aircraft on 25 April 1940 and run aground.

Fate

Bradman was sunk by German aircraft in Romdalsfjord on 25 April 1940. She was refloated by German forces on 11 July,[2] and returned to service as the Vorpostenboot V6112 Friese. She was torpedoed and sunk off Vardø, Finnmark, Norway by the Soviet submarine M-201 on 19 August 1944.[3]

References

  1. "HMS Bradman (FY 189)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  2. "Bradman". Shipping and shipbuilding research trust. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. "Vorpostenflottillen Norwegen 1941-1944" (in German). Württembergische Landesbibliothek. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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