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Photographer: Cindy Bullard
Taken: November 24, 2010
Caption:
HMT Bedfordshire and her crew | Additional Description: HMT BEDFORDSHIRE
An arctic trawler, built in 1935 by Smith’s Dock Co. of Middlebrough, England. In 1939 sold to the Admiralty and converted to an armed trawler. In 1942 it was one of the 24 trawlers loanded to the U.S. Navy for coastal patrol. Armament: one 4” gun, one machine gun and depth charges.
Submitted: December 6, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p139395
File Size: 2.570 Megabytes
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