HMS cops (K469)
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 The identical HMS Balfour |
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| Ship type : | frigate |
| Displacement : | 1,400 ts standard 1,740 ts maximum |
| Length: | 93.3 m (over all) |
| Width: | 11.2 m |
| Draft : | 4.1 m |
| Drive : | 2 "D" express boiler GE geared turbines and electrical drive 12,000 HP 2 screws |
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| Speed : | 24 kn (44.4 km / h ) |
| Range : | 4,940 nm at 12 kn |
| Crew : | 186 |
| Armament: | 3 x 3 inch -50-Mk22- guns 1 × 1 inch-MK2 Vierling- Flak 8 × 20-mm anti-aircraft guns Mk4 1 × " Hedgehog " - water bomb thrower 4 × mk6 water bomb thrower 2 × Mk9-Wasserbombenabrollvorrichtungen |
HMS Bullen (K469) was a Captain-class frigate of the British Royal Navy that was used in World War II . It was named after Admiral Sir Charles Bullen (1769-1853), who took part in the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) under Nelson as commandant of Britannia .
The keel of the Buckley- class ship with the hull number DE-78 planned as a destroyer escort for the US Navy was laid on May 17, 1943 in the Bethlehem Shipyard Inc. in Hingham ( USA ). It was launched on August 7, 1943, but was not taken over into the US Navy, but handed over to the Royal Navy on October 25, 1943 under the Lending and Lease Act and put into service there. The ship, newly classified as a captain class frigate, was named Bullen .
Under the command of Lt Cdr AH Parish, RN , the cops were torpedoed and hit amidships by the German submarine U 775 on December 6, 1944 at 9:50 a.m. off the Scottish coast seven nautical miles northeast of Cape Wrath . The explosion tore the frigate in two. While the bow sank immediately, the stern did not sink until two hours later. 97 of the survivors were rescued by Goodall and Hesperus , 71 crew members, including the commander, died.
The front part of the wreck with the bridge superstructure is at the position 58 ° 41 ′ 9 ″ N , 4 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W at a depth of 91 meters. It was located and explored by divers in 2002. The hull is badly damaged and surrounded by a large field of debris. The wreck of the bulls has been protected as a “Protected Place” since 2006 by the “ Protection of Military Remains Act ” of 1986. It may be viewed from the outside by divers, but it is forbidden to enter or collect souvenirs.
literature
- Vic Ould: The Life and Death of HMS Bullen: Memories of Some Survivors, Arcturus Press 2002, ISBN 0-907322-70-0