HMT Bredon
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 15 March 1941 |
| Laid down: | 12 July 1941 |
| Launched: | 20 November 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 29 April 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk by U-521 on 8 February 1943 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 750 tonnes (1,005 tonnes deep) |
| Length: | 155 |
| Beam: | |
| Draught: | 12 |
| Propulsion: | One 1-SE Cylindrical Boiler |
| Speed: | |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 37 Seamen |
| Armament: | 12 pounder HA/LA main gun, 3x 20 mm Anti Aircraft guns, 4x 0.5 in (2x2) machine guns |
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His Majestys Trawler Bredon (Pennant Number T223) was a "Hill" class naval trawler that served as an anti-submarine escort trawler during the Second World War.

