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