Allied Warships

HMS Bicester (L 34)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type II) 
PennantL 34 
Built byHawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down29 May 1940 
Launched5 Sep 1941 
Commissioned9 May 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Grays on 22 August 1956.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Cdr. Sydney William Floyd Bennetts, RN
5 May 1942 – 10 August 1944
DSO awarded on ???
DSC awarded on ???

Cdr. Ralph William Frank Northcott, DSO, RN
10 August 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Bicester (L 34)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Sydney William Floyd Bennetts, RN5 May 194210 Aug 1944
2Lt.Cdr. Ralph William Frank Northcott, DSO, RN10 Aug 19441 Jan 1946

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Noteable events involving Bicester include:


23 Feb 1943
The German submarine U-443 was sunk in the Mediterranean near Algiers, in position 36º55'N, 02º25'E, by depth charges from the British escort destroyers HMS Bicester (Lt.Cdr. S.W.F. Bennetts, RN) and HMS Lamerton (Lt.Cdr. C.R. Purse, DSC, RN), HMS Wheatland (Lt.Cdr. R.deL. Brooke, DSC, RN). (see map)

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