HMS Bullen

Captain-class frigate

Displacement: 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
Length: 88.09 m (289 ft)
Beam: 10.67 m (35 ft)
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
Complement: 198
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

Service

Royal Navy as Bullen25 October 1943 — 6 December 1944408 days of the war

Captain-class frigate Particulars

Name: HMS Bullen
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc
Laid down: 17 May 1943
Launched: 7 August 1943
Commissioned: 25 October 1943
Fate: Sunk on 6 December 1944 (1944)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
Length: 88.09 m (289 ft)
Beam: 10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught: 3.05 m (10 ft)
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
Range: 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
Complement: 198
Main gun: 76 mm (3 in)

HMS Bullen was a Captain-class frigate built for the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc on 17 May 1943. She entered service on 25 October 1943, having been launched on 7 August 1943.

She was one of 46 ships of her class.

She displaced 1,190 long tons. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 198.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns. 6,000 shp drove two shafts.

She was in commission for 408 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 6 December 1944. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 shafts; 4 diesel engines
Power: 6000 shp electric motors
Armament: 3 × single 3 in/50 Mk 22 guns
1 × twin Bofors 40 mm
9 × single 20 mm Oerlikon guns
1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
2 × Depth charge rails and four throwers

Sister ships

21 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Bullen on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.