| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 34 |
| Built by | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 29 May 1940 |
| Launched | 5 Sep 1941 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Grays on 22 August 1956. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Ralph William Frank Northcott, DSO, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Bicester (L 34)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Sydney William Floyd Bennetts, RN | 5 May 1942 | 10 Aug 1944 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Ralph William Frank Northcott, DSO, RN | 10 Aug 1944 | 1 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)