HMS Bullen (K469)
Navy: | Royal Navy |
Type: | Destroyer Escort |
Class: | Captain |
Pennant: | K 469 |
Built by: | Bethlehem Shipyard Inc. (Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
Laid down: | 17 May, 1943 |
Launched: | 7 Aug, 1943 |
Commissioned: | 25 Oct, 1943 |
Lost: | 6 Dec, 1944 |
Loss position: | 58.30N, 05.03W |
History: | |
Never
commissioned into US Navy, transferred to Great Britain as lend
lease upon completion.
On 6 December 1944 HMS Bullen (Lt. Cdr. A.H. Parish, RN) was torpedoed and sunk by U-775 west off Strathy Point, Scotland in position 58º30'N, 05º03'W. Of the 168 crewmembers on board 71 went down with the ship. Hit by U-boat |