1) Town in Dorset 
HMS Bridport was a British Bangor Class minesweeper of 590 tons displacement launched in 1940. HMS Bridport was powered by two sets of H&W diesel engines providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 60 and was armed with one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four machine-guns.