| 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 | 20 Dec 1939 |
| Laid down | 29 May 1940 |
| Launched | 5 Sep 1941 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Grays on 22 August 1956. |
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
German U-boat U-443 was sunk in the Mediterranean near Algiers, in position 36°55'N, 02°25'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)