Account by Bedford of his survival following the torpedo attack on the troopship YORKSHIRE, 1939

Personal notes, logs and accounts of Rear-Admiral Denham Maurice Turner Bedford: Handwritten account of Bedford’s survival following a torpedo attack which sunk the troopship YORKSHIRE (1920) in the Bay of Biscay on 17 October 1939 (6 pages). This is probably a draft for the typescript report including his suspicions that an intelligence leak was responsible for the attack.

Record details

Item reference: REG25/000009.20
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: circa 1939-1948
Creator: Bedford, Denham Maurice Turner
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London