Bradwell-on-Sea Bradwell-on-Sea Bradwell-on-Sea is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. The village is on the Dengie peninsula. It is located about north-northeast of Southminster and is east from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the District of Maldon in the parliamentary constituency of Maldon whose boundaries were last varied at the United Kingdom General Election, 2010. It has a population of 863, a decline from 877 in the previous census. Bradwell is also the name of an episcopal area within the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford, whose current Bishop (2014) is John Wraw. Bradwell-on-Sea was
HMS Clacton (J151) HMS Clacton (J151) HMS "Clacton" was a s built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The "Bangor" class was designed as a small minesweeper that could be easily built in large numbers by civilian shipyards; as steam turbines were difficult to manufacture, the ships were designed to accept a wide variety of engines. "Clacton" displaced at standard load and at deep load. The ship had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . The ship's complement consisted of 60 officers and ratings. She was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each