HMS Bicester (L34)
Type II Hunt-class destroyer
Service
- as HMS Bicester9 May 1942 — 22 August 19561,212 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Bicester
- Pennant / hull number
- L34
- Namesake
- Bicester
- Builder
- Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne
- Ordered
- 12 December 1939
- Laid down
- 29 May 1940
- Launched
- 5 September 1941
- Commissioned
- 9 May 1942
- Fate
- Scrapped at Thos. W. Ward Grays, 22 August 1956 (1956)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,490 long tons (1,514 t)
- Length
- 85.34 m (280 ft)
- Beam
- 9.62 m (31.6 ft)
- Draught
- 2.51 m (8.2 ft)
- Speed
- 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h, 29.3 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 164
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Bicester was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L34. She was named for Bicester. Hawthorn Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-Tyne laid her keel on 29 May 1940. She entered service on 9 May 1942, having been launched on 5 September 1941.
She displaced 1,050 long tons standard and 1,490 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 9.6 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 25.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,212 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 22 August 1956.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
- AAA - 2 × 4 12.7mm Vickers, 2 × 20 mm
- 6 Thornycroft depth charge throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Bicester (L34) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 2025 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons