HMT Bedfordshire

HMT Bedfordshire is a memorial in Ocracoke Township, Hyde County, North Carolina. HMT Bedfordshire is situated nearby to British Cemetery, as well as near the motorhome stopover Teeter’s Campground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ocracoke Light House and Ocracoke Island Airport.

Ocracoke Light House

Lighthouse

Photo: Henryhartley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ocracoke Light is a lighthouse that was built in Hyde County, on Ocracoke Island, Ocracoke, North Carolina in 1823 by Massachusetts builder Noah Porter. Ocracoke Light House is situated 3,200 feet southwest of HMT Bedfordshire.

Ocracoke Island Airport

Aerodrome

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Ocracoke Island Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile east of the central business district of Ocracoke, a town on Ocracoke Island in Hyde County, North Carolina, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ocracoke.

Ocracoke

Photo: Sedna10387, Public domain.

Ocracoke Island is one of the barrier islands of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The 16 mi of unspoiled beaches and salty ocean breezes offer great opportunities for solitude, serenity, and peace of mind.

HMT Bedfordshire

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “These gravesites contain the bodies of four British seamen. Their ship, the armed trawler HMS Bedfordshire, sunk by German U-boat on May 11, 1942. Only four bodies were recovered. This cemetery is maintained by Ocracoke Coast Guard Station personnel.”
Category: historic site
Location: Ocracoke Township, Hyde County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.11669° or 35° 7′ 0″ north

Longitude

-75.98077° or 75° 58′ 51″ west

Open location code

87764289+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4114516601

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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