| Name: | BICESTER |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 29/05/1940 |
| Launched: | 05/09/1941 |
| Completed: | 18/06/1942 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 630 |
| Dimensions: | 1050disp - 1430disp, 264.0 x 31.5 x 8.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 19000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 1 x 20mm guns, 110 x depth charges |
| History: | |
| 18/06/1942 | British Royal Navy |
| 22/08/1956 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Hunt Type II Class of destroyers |
| 22/08/1956: Broken up at Grays, Essex, by TW Ward Ltd |
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