HMS Bradman

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Bradman (FY 189)
Namesake:	Don Bradman
Owner:	Royal Navy
Builder:	Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Launched:	31 October 1936
Acquired:	26 August 1939
Commissioned:	October 1939
Fate:	Sunk, 25 April 1940
General characteristics

HMS Bradman (FY 189) was a 452-ton anti-submarine warfare trawler of the Royal Navy.^[1] She was named in honour of the Australian cricketer Don Bradman. She was built by Cochrane & Sons, Selby and was launched on 31 October 1936. Requistioned by the Admiralty on 26 August 1939 and commissioned in October under the command of Lieutenant Arthur Blundell.

Fate

Bradman was sunk by German aircraft off Norway on 25 April 1940.

References

↑ "HMS Bradman (FY 189)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1940

Shipwrecks	6 Apr: U-50 8 Apr: HMS Glowworm, Rio de Janeiro 9 Apr: HNoMS Æger, Blücher, HNoMS Eidsvold, HMS Gurkha, Karlsruhe, HNoMS Norge, Seattle, HNoMS Tor 10 Apr: Anton Schmitt, Friedenau, HMS Hardy, HMS Hunter, Königsberg, HMS Tarpon, HMS Thistle, Wilhelm Heidkamp 13 Apr: Bernd von Arnim, Diether von Roeder, Erich Giese, Erich Koellner, HNoMS Frøya, Georg Thiele, Hans Lüdemann, Hermann Künne, HNoMS Storm, U-64, Wolfgang Zenker 15 Apr: Brummer, U-49 18 Apr: HNoMS Sæl, HMS Sterlet 20 Apr: HNoMS Stegg 25 Apr: HMS Bradman, HNoMS Trygg 26 Apr: HNoMS Garm 29 Apr: HMS Unity 30 Apr: HMS Bittern, HMS Dunoon, Maillé Brézé Unknown date: U-1

Other incidents	10 Apr: Alster, HMS Hotspur 11 Apr: Alster, HNoMS Brand 12 Apr: HNoMS Storm 13 Apr: Malangen 16 Apr: HNoMS Brand

1939 1940 1941 March 1940 May 1940

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