This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms bullen (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 43.752 N,4 51.373 W (58.523766666667, -4.6646833333333)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: HMS BULLEN (BOW SECTION)

Length 93.3 meter, width: 11.2 meter, tonnage 1300 ton

Cause: 17.8.43 a 'captain' class frigate (us buckley-class destroyer escorts). built in bethlem, higham. transferred 17.8.43 on lend-lease. three 3 inch aa, ten 20mm aa guns. 600bhp for 20 knots. complement 200 men. torpedoed by by u-775. struck midships and broke in half. stern portion sinking 2 hours later. 97 men rescued by hms hesperus. (colledege & warship losses of ww2). description of loss given. (shipwrecks of n of scotland)

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 85 meter, Height above seabed: 161 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4M N OF CAPE WRATH. (WW2SL). 27.8.82 AMEND TO WK USC 49MTRS IN 584123N, 051152W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2720. H1270/81 19.3.82 AMEND TO WK USC PA 45MTRS. NC 1954. H2884/83 11.5.84 EXAM'D 6.12.83 IN 584346N, 045116W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 77 IN GEN DEPTH 86MRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES NNW/SSE. APPARENTLY WHOLE WITH AREA OF DEBRIS CLOSE BY. (RACAL SURVEY, HI 160). BR STD. HH091/071/01 29.11.05 EXAM'D 8.7.05 IN 5843.752N, 0451.373W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 80.3 IN GEN DEPTH 85.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 29MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 161/341 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 33MTRS TOWARDS THE NW. WELL DEGRADED. (GARDLINE, HI 1071). INTACT. AMEND WK 80MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 19.8.08 DIVED IN LISTED POSN AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE BOW SECTION OF HMS BULLEN. (K HEATH, TELECON 19.8.08) 5.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL DEGRADED

Position: 58 43.752 N,4 51.373 W

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