HMT Bedfordshire and crew --- Ocracoke NC
N 35° 06.920 W 075° 58.990
18S E 410409 N 3886275
Located on British Cemetery Rd. at Boos Ln. in Ocracoke in Hyde, NC
Waymark Code: WM83G0
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2010
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In memory of the HMT Bedfordshire and its crew
Destroyed by torpedo from German submarine U-558 in May 1942
Crewmen of the Royal Naval Patrol Service on board:
Lt R.B. Davis R.N.R. Commanding Officer
Sub Lt N. Clutterbuck R.N.V.R.
*Sub Lt. T. Cunningham R.N.V.R.
Sub Lt B. Hall R.N.V.R.
Frederick W. Barnes--Engineman
Stanley Bennet--Seaman
Leonard P. Bickford--Seaman
Ernest G. Bowen--Seaman
Edward S. Carruthers--Seaman
George W. Cerrino-- Ldg. Seaman
William F. Clemence--Seaman
Francis Craig--Seaman
*Stanley R. Craig--Telegraphist
John R. Dicks--Seaman
Alfred Dryden--Seaman
Andrew W. Duncan--Ch Eng R.N.R.
Geoffrey Featherstone--Telegraphist
George H. Fisher--Stoker
Herbert Ford--Seaman
Joseph Kelly--Seaman
William Lee--Ldg Seaman R.N.R.
Ernest W. Lukins--P.O. Stoker
Alex A. McCrindle--Seaman
Angus McKenzie--Stoker
Frederick F. Maltby--Ldg. Seaman
Ernest N. Morton--Seaman
William J. Myers--Stoker
Sydney W. Smitten--Seaman
Percy E. Stone--Seaman
John Sweeney--Seaman
Charles T. Travell--Signalman
Thomas A. Watson--Signalman
Charles W. White--Telegraphist
Leslie J. Williams--Stoker
Russell Davis--Seaman R.C.N.
James L. McCauley--Seaman R.C.N.
*Buried here at Ocracoke, NC, with two additional men unidentified, the others were lost at sea.
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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 loaned to the U.S. Navy for coastal patrol. Armament; one 4" gun, one machine gun and depth charges.
Disaster Date: 05/01/1942
Memorial Sponsors: Hyde County
Disaster Type: Technological
Date of dedication: Not listed
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
Relevant Website: Not listed
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