HMS Bradman
Anti-submarine warfare trawler of the Royal Navy
History
United Kingdom
Name Bradman
Owner Bunch Steam Fishing Company
Builder Cochrane & Sons , Selby
Launched 31 October 1936
History
United Kingdom
Name HMT Bradman (FY 189)
Namesake Don Bradman [citation needed ]
Owner Royal Navy
Acquired 26 August 1939
Commissioned October 1939
Fate Sunk, 25 April 1940
History
Germany
Name V 6112 Friese
Owner Kriegsmarine
Acquired 11 July 1940
Fate Sunk, 19 August 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage 452 GRT
Propulsion 1 x 3-cylinder triple expansion engine
Speed 11 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.
Anti-submarine trawler
Bradman served as an anti-submarine trawler with the Royal Navy. In response to the German invasion of Norway , she was deployed to Norway as part of the 22nd Anti-Submarine Group, together with sister ships Hammond , Larwood and Jardine and the trawler Warwickshire , arriving at Molde in support of the landings at Åndalsnes on 22 April 1940.
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,[ 5] 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.[ 6]
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1940
Shipwrecks
6 Apr: U-1 , U-50
8 Apr: HMS Glowworm , Rio de Janeiro
9 Apr: HNoMS Æger , Blücher , HNoMS Eidsvold , HMS Gurkha , German cruiser Karlsruhe , HNoMS Norge , Seattle , Sørland , HNoMS Tor
10 Apr: Albatros , Z22 Anton Schmitt , Friedenau , HMS Hardy , HMS Hunter , Königsberg , HMS Tarpon , HMS Thistle , Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp
11 Apr: V 105 Cremon
13 Apr: Z11 Bernd von Arnim , Z17 Diether von Roeder , Z12 Erich Giese , Z13 Erich Koellner , HNoMS Frøya , Z2 Georg Thiele , Z18 Hans Lüdemann , Z19 Hermann Künne , HNoMS Storm , U-64 , Z9 Wolfgang Zenker
14 Apr: Bärenfels , Brummer , Oldenburg
15 Apr: U-49
18 Apr: HNoMS Sæl , HMS Sterlet
20 Apr: Stegg
25 Apr: HMS Bradman , Trygg
26 Apr: HNoMS Garm
29 Apr: HMS Unity
30 Apr: HMS Bittern , HMS Dunoon , Maillé Brézé
Other incidents
1 Vorpostenflotille 2 Vorpostenflotille 3 Vorpostenflotille 4 Vorpostenflotille 5 Vorpostengruppe 6 Vorpostengruppe 6 Vorpostenflotille 7 Vorpostenflotille 8 Vorpostenflotille 9 Vorpostenflotille 10 Vorpostenflotille 11 Vorpostenflotille 12 Vorpostenflotille 13 Vorpostenflotille 14 Vorpostenflotille 15 Vorpostenflotille 16 Vorpostengruppe 16 Vorpostenflotille 17 Vorpostenflotille 18 Vorpostengruppe 18 Vorpostenflotille 19 Vorpostenflotille 20 Vorpostenflotille 51 Vorpostenflotille 53 Vorpostenflotille 55 Vorpostenflotille 57 Vorpostenflotille 59 Vorpostenflotille 61 Vorpostenflotille 63 Vorpostenflotille 64 Vorpostenflotille 65 Vorpostenflotille 66 Vorpostenflotille 67 Vorpostenflotille 68 Vorpostenflotille 7 & 13 Sicherungsflotille Vessels are listed under their first designation within each Vorpostenflotille . Subsequent changes in pennant numbers not shown.
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in August 1944
Shipwrecks
2 Aug: USS Fiske
3 Aug: HMS Quorn
4 Aug: Tannenfels , Matsu
5 Aug: Mefküre , U-671
6 Aug: Empire City , Sachsenwald , Thétis , U-471 , U-736 , U-952 , U-969 , V 215 Oliva
7 Aug: Amsterdam , Empire Day , Nagara
8 Aug: Conte Verde , HMCS Regina , Tama Maru No. 6 , V 404 Falke
9 Aug: Spichern
10 Aug: U-608
11 Aug: V 623 Jupiter , U-385 , U-967
12 Aug: T-114 , T-118 , U-198 , U-981 , V 410 Germania
13 Aug: USS Flier , U-270 , V 1101 Preußsen
14 Aug: V 605 Arthur Duncker , Gueydon , U-618
15 Aug: U-741
16 Aug: Trémintin
17 Aug: TA35
18 Aug: La Galissonnière , Natori , Strasbourg , Taiyō , Teia Maru , U-107 , U-129 , U-621 , V 406 Hans Loh
19 Aug: Commandant Teste , Hayasui , Tamatsu Maru , U-123 , U-466 , V-6112 Friese
20 Aug: Richard Montgomery , U-9 , U-413 , U-984 , U-1229 . V 409 August Bösch
21 Aug: HMCS Alberni , HMS Kite , HMS Orchis , U-230 , V 402 Dr. Adolf Spilker , Z23
22 Aug: HMS Bickerton , HMS Loyalty , Matsuwa , Tsushima Maru , U-344 , V 401 Jan Mayen , V 405 J. Hinrich Wilhelms , V 413 Ferdinand Niedermeyer
23 Aug: Asakaze , U-180
24 Aug: USS Harder , NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu , U-354 , U-445 , Z37
25 Aug: Sperrbrecher 136 , U-18 , U-24 , U-178 , U-667 , UIT-21 , Yūnagi , Z24
26 Aug: Samidare , U-188 , V 404 Baden , V 411 Saarland
27 Aug: HMS Britomart , Clemenceau , HMS Hussar
28 Aug: John Barry , V 407 Dorum
30 Aug: De Grasse , M553
31 Aug: Shirataka
Unknown date: Condorcet , Kulmerland , Marechal Petain , U-925
Other incidents