HMS Bedfordshire

A short film about the loss of HMS Bedfordshire, one of the twenty four trawlers sent out to protect the east coast of America in early February 1942.
HMS Bedfordshire was later torpedoed by U558 off the North Carolina Coast on 11 May 1942. All hands were lost.
This film begins with Arnold Tulson's memories of the event whilst out on duty as a coast guard. Later the story becomes more poignant when told by Sam Nutt who was a Stoker with the Bedfordshire but had a miraculous escape.
Local Author L. Vanloan Naisawald talks about the compassion felt by the local people for the British Sailors

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[haldaman]

There are also 3 graves of British sailors in Bayview Cemetery, Morehead City, which seem to have been forgotten until this year. They were crewmen from the San Delfino. There was a ceremony at the gravesides on November 11th 2010 and I hope someone filmed it for Youtube and posterity.

[highlandtootsie]

My great uncle from the Western Isles, Scotland, was on this ship and I have recently came across letters sent from him to the family at home. I have been following his route via his letters until he was lost.The family had no idea that a grave yard of remembrance was in North Carolina or that bodies were found. We were on holiday last summer (2007) in South Carolina - if only we had known. God bless these brave young men RIP