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Eisele (DE-75)
HMS Bickerton (K-466)

Class: Buckley (Lend-Lease)      Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8-20mm Mk 4 AA (varied by ship),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 , 4-Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2-Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 186
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA on 3 May 1943
Launched 26 July 1943, Commissioned (USN) Never
To Britain as lend lease 17 October 1943, Renamed HMS Bickerton
Fate: Torpedoed by U-354 in the Barents Sea on 22 August 1944
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Evarts 41k The 'Captain' class frigate Bickerton, operating with her support group in company with the RN cruiser Kent and escort carrier Trumpeter. She was torpedoed and sunk shortly afterwards. [Imperial War Museum photo, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey)" by Peter Elliott] Edib Krlicbegovic,
Bosnia - Hercegovina
Evarts 50k 22 August 1944: shown shortly after being torpedoed Nick Tiberio
Evarts 77k 22 August 1944: HMS Bickerton (ex-USS Eisele DE-75), down by the stern after being torpedoed by a U-boat during Operation "Goodwood". She was later sunk by friendly forces in order not to make increased difficulties for the surviving escorts, who were already having to cover the stricken escort carrier HMS Nabob. (Photo from the author's collection as printed in "The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War" by Donald Collingwood) Robert Hurst
History of HMS Bickerton (K-466), ex-Eisele DE-75
(No U.S. Navy service, History Not Available)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship

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