| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Bradman |
| Owner | Bunch Steam Fishing Company |
| Builder | Cochrane & Sons,Selby |
| Launched | 31 October 1936 |
| History | |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMTBradman (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 6112Friese |
| 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 |
HMTBradman (FY 189) was a 452-tonanti-submarine warfare trawler of theRoyal Navy during the Second World War.[1] She was built byCochrane & 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.
Bradman served as an anti-submarine trawler with the Royal Navy.[2] In response to theGerman invasion of Norway, she was deployed to Norway as part of the 22nd Anti-Submarine Group, together with sister shipsHammond,Larwood andJardine and the trawlerWarwickshire,[3] arriving atMolde in support of the landings atÅndalsnes on 22 April 1940.[4] In the Norwegian campaign she was damaged by German aircraft on 25 April 1940 and run aground.
Bradman was sunk by German aircraft inRomdalsfjord on 25 April 1940. She was refloated by German forces on 11 July,[5] and returned to service as theVorpostenboot V6112Friese. She was torpedoed and sunk offVardø,Finnmark, Norway by theSoviet submarine M-201 on 19 August 1944.[6]
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