Fish Swim Around Shipwreck

Fish swim around the wreck of the HMT Bedfordshire, an Arctic fishing trawler that was converted into an anti-submarine warship during World War II. Originally part of Great Britain's Royal Navy, it was sent to assist the United States Navy in 1941. In Spring 1942, the HMT Bedfordshire was hit by a torpedo sent from a U-boat and sunk off the coast of North Carolina, killing all 37 crewmembers. Now the wrecksite is considered a protected war grave under the Protection of Military Remains Act of 1986. Learn more about shipwrecks as memorial sites and potential sources of pollution.