Author: Trevor Hallifax

Bedfordshire built 17/07/1935 by Smiths dock for Bedfordshire Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
1939 Requisitioned converted to an Anti Submarine vessel
12/1939 joined the A/S 17th Group at Swansea patrolling the Bristol Channel
03/1942 Loaned to the United States Navy, along with her crew, for anti-submarine duties Pennant A402
Escorted the damaged AMC Queen of Bermuda from Halifax to New York for repair
Loaned to the USA working on Convoy Duties on East coast of USA and Canada
11/05/1942 Sunk by U-558 off Cape Lookout, North Carolina
She was struck by two torpedoes and disintegrated of the 34 ship’s company just one survived

Surname	Forenames	Age at Death	Date of Death	Rank	Boat
LUKINS	Ernest Wilkins	37	11/05/1942	Petty Officer Stoker	Bedfordshire
FEATHERSTONE	Geoffrey	21	11/05/1942	Telegraphist	Bedfordshire
TRAVELL	Charles James	Unknown	11/05/1942	Ordinary Signalman	Bedfordshire
BOWEN	Ernest George	22	11/05/1942	Seaman	Bedfordshire
CLUTTERBUCK	Henry	24	11/05/1942	Sub Lieutenant	Bedfordshire
BRANSBY	Russell	29	11/05/1942	Lieutenant	Bedfordshire
FORD	Herbert	34	11/05/1942	Seaman	Bedfordshire
MAXWELL	Thomas	28	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire
DUNCAN	Andrew Watt	42	11/05/1942	Chief Engineman	Bedfordshire
HALL	Bruce	Unknown	11/05/1942	Sub Lieutenant	Bedfordshire
BARNES	Frederick William	31	11/05/1942	Engineman	Bedfordshire
BICKFORD	Leonard Preston	29	11/05/1942	Seaman	Bedfordshire
CERRINO	George Whiley	24	11/05/1942	Leading Seaman	Bedfordshire
WATSON	Thomas Alexander	26	11/05/1942	Ordinary Signalman	Bedfordshire
BENNETT	Stanley	23	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire
CARRUTHERS	Edward Sydney	20	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire
WHITE	Charles William	29	11/05/1942	Ordinary Telegraphist	Bedfordshire
LEE	William	30	11/05/1942	Leading Seaman	Bedfordshire
CLEMANCE	Wiliam Frederick W	21	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire
CRAGG	Francis	18	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire
FISHER	George Henry	Unknown	11/05/1942	Stoker 2nd Class	Bedfordshire
DICK	John Rowan	32	11/05/1942	Seaman	Bedfordshire
KELLY	Joseph	Unknown	11/05/1942	Seaman	Bedfordshire
McCAULEY	James Lorne	19	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire
DAVIS	Russell Samuel	18	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire
MORTON	Ernest Neil	20	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire
McCRINDLE	Alexander Allen	Unknown	11/05/1942	Seaman	Bedfordshire
MYERS	Willaim John	34	11/05/1942	Stoker	Bedfordshire
MALTBY	Frederick Francis	31	11/05/1942	Leading Seaman	Bedfordshire
McKENZIE	Angus	Unknown	11/05/1942	Stoker	Bedfordshire
CUNNINGHAM	Thomas	27	11/05/1942	Sub Lieutenant	Bedfordshire
DRYDEN	Alfred	32	11/05/1942	Seaman	Bedfordshire
CRAIG	Stanley R	24	11/05/1942	Ordinary Telegraphist	Bedfordshire
SMITTEN	Sidney William	20	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire
STONE	Percy Ernest	25	11/05/1942	Seaman	Bedfordshire
WILLIAMS	Lesley Joseph	28	11/05/1942	Stoker	Bedfordshire
SWEENEY	John	Unknown	11/05/1942	Ordinary Seaman	Bedfordshire

Her Details are

• Official Number 164392
• Yard Number 988
• Admiralty Number 141,A402
• Armament 1-4 pdr
• GT 433 NT 161
• Quarter Deck 84 Foc’sle 28
• Dimensions 162 x 27 x 14
• Engines 99 NHP

11/05/1942 Sunk Off Cape Lookout North Carolina by U 558