{"id":1374,"date":"2020-06-23T11:02:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T10:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingull.pkmn.cloud\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2024-10-17T19:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:16:22","slug":"bedfordshire-gy-196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deepseatrawlers.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/06\/23\/bedfordshire-gy-196\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedfordshire GY 196"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bedfordshire built 17\/07\/1935 by Smiths dock for Bedfordshire Steam Fishing Co Grimsby<br>1939 Requisitioned converted to an Anti Submarine vessel <br>12\/1939 joined the A\/S 17th Group at Swansea patrolling the Bristol Channel  <br>03\/1942\u00a0Loaned to the United States Navy, along with her crew, for anti-submarine duties Pennant A402<br>Escorted the damaged AMC Queen of Bermuda from Halifax to New York for repair  <br>Loaned to the USA working on Convoy Duties on East coast of USA and Canada<br>11\/05\/1942 Sunk by U-558 off Cape Lookout, North Carolina<br>She was struck by two torpedoes and disintegrated\u00a0of the 34 ship\u2019s company just one survived<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Surname<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Forenames<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Age at Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Date of Death<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Boat<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LUKINS<\/td><td>Ernest Wilkins<\/td><td>37<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Petty Officer Stoker<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FEATHERSTONE<\/td><td>Geoffrey<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Telegraphist<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TRAVELL<\/td><td>Charles James<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Signalman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BOWEN<\/td><td>Ernest George<\/td><td>22<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CLUTTERBUCK<\/td><td>Henry<\/td><td>24<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Sub Lieutenant<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BRANSBY<\/td><td>Russell<\/td><td>29<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Lieutenant<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FORD<\/td><td>Herbert<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MAXWELL<\/td><td>Thomas<\/td><td>28<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DUNCAN<\/td><td>Andrew Watt<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Chief Engineman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HALL<\/td><td>Bruce<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Sub Lieutenant<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BARNES<\/td><td>Frederick William<\/td><td>31<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Engineman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BICKFORD<\/td><td>Leonard Preston<\/td><td>29<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CERRINO<\/td><td>George Whiley<\/td><td>24<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Leading Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WATSON<\/td><td>Thomas Alexander<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Signalman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BENNETT<\/td><td>Stanley<\/td><td>23<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CARRUTHERS<\/td><td>Edward Sydney<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WHITE<\/td><td>Charles William<\/td><td>29<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Telegraphist<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LEE<\/td><td>William<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Leading Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CLEMANCE<\/td><td>Wiliam Frederick W<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CRAGG<\/td><td>Francis<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FISHER<\/td><td>George Henry<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Stoker 2nd Class<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DICK<\/td><td>John Rowan<\/td><td>32<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>KELLY<\/td><td>Joseph<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>McCAULEY<\/td><td>James Lorne<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DAVIS&nbsp;<\/td><td>Russell Samuel<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MORTON&nbsp;<\/td><td>Ernest Neil<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>McCRINDLE<\/td><td>Alexander Allen<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MYERS<\/td><td>Willaim John<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Stoker&nbsp;<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MALTBY<\/td><td>Frederick Francis<\/td><td>31<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Leading Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>McKENZIE<\/td><td>Angus<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Stoker<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CUNNINGHAM<\/td><td>Thomas<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Sub Lieutenant<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DRYDEN<\/td><td>Alfred<\/td><td>32<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CRAIG<\/td><td>Stanley R<\/td><td>24<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Telegraphist<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SMITTEN<\/td><td>Sidney William<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>STONE&nbsp;<\/td><td>Percy Ernest<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WILLIAMS<\/td><td>Lesley Joseph<\/td><td>28<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Stoker<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SWEENEY<\/td><td>John&nbsp;<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>11\/05\/1942<\/td><td>Ordinary Seaman<\/td><td>Bedfordshire<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her Details are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Official Number 164392<\/li><li>Yard Number 988<\/li><li>Admiralty Number 141,A402<\/li><li>Armament 1-4 pdr<\/li><li>GT 433 NT 161<\/li><li>Quarter Deck 84 Foc&#8217;sle 28<\/li><li>Dimensions 162 x 27 x 14<\/li><li>Engines 99 NHP<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>11\/05\/1942 Sunk Off Cape Lookout North Carolina by U 558<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bedfordshire built 17\/07\/1935 by Smiths dock for Bedfordshire Steam Fishing Co Grimsby1939 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