Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class
| 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 | |
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| 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 |
| 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) |
