HMT ''Bradman'' (FY 189) was a 452-ton anti-submarine warfare trawler of the

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during the Second World War. She was built by Cochrane & Sons,

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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

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in support of the landings at

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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, and returned to service as the ''

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'' V6112 ''Friese''. She was torpedoed and sunk off

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, Norway by the on 19 August 1944.

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