HMS Bicester

HMS Bicester (pennant number L34) was an escort destroyer of the Type II Hunt class. The Royal Navy ordered Bicester's construction three months after the outbreak of the Second World War. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. laid down her keel at their Tyne yard on 29 May 1940, as Admiralty Job Number J4210. The ship was named after a fox hunt in Oxfordshire.

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1942 Wikimedia, Wikidata
J4210; L34
speed 29 knot,
destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer, shipwreck, Royal Navy, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company,

Location: 36.9167, 2.4167, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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U-443 ⓘ
1942 Type VIIC submarine

1942-05-09T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Bicester

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1942-05-09T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1940-05-29T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1941-09-05T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1937-09-07T00:00:00Z

1937 Battle of Cape Cherchell

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Frameless

Destroyer Sinks U-boat Off North African Coast. 24 February 1943, Algiers. A14948

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A16764

Destroyer Sinks U-boat Off North African Coast. 24 February 1943, Algiers, the British Destroyer Bicester Attacked a U-boat Lying in Wait For Our Shipping Off the North African Coast, the Depth Charges Threw Up A14949

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A10085

HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth leaving HMS BICESTER at the end of their visit to the naval base at Larne, Northern Ireland, 26 June 1942. A10089

HMS Bicester (L34)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1937	Battle of Cape Cherchell	battle	Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page^@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-443	U-boat, Type VIIC submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		U-331	Type VIIC submarine, shipwreck, U-boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1942	HMS Bicester	shipwreck, Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		Destroyer Sinks U-boat Off North African Coast. 24 February 1943, Algiers. A14948		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A16764		Commons
commons	image		Destroyer Sinks U-boat Off North African Coast. 24 February 1943, Algiers, the British Destroyer Bicester Attacked a U-boat Lying in Wait For Our Shipping Off the North African Coast, the Depth Charges Threw Up A14949		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A10085		Commons
commons	image		HM King George VI and Queen Elizabeth leaving HMS BICESTER at the end of their visit to the naval base at Larne, Northern Ireland, 26 June 1942. A10089		Commons
commons	image		HMS Bicester (L34)		Commons

HMS Bicester

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