This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms bullen (stern section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 44.035 N,4 46.066 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 (STERN 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 the n of scotland)

Year of registration: 2005

Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 118 cm

Known since: 2005, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: HH091/071/01 29.11.05 EXAM'D 8.7.05 IN 5844.035N, 0446.066W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 77.5 IN GEN DEPTH 79.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 1.9MTRS. LIES 118/298DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED WK OR DEBRIS. FURTHER CONTACT LIES 115MTRS NE OF WK. COULD BE ASSOCIATED DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 1071). INS AS WK 79MTRS. BR STD. 26.8.08 RESEARCH OF KNOWN WRECKS IN THE AREA MEANS THIS IS PROBABLY THE STERN SECTION OF HMS BULLEN. (K HEATH, TELECON 26.8.08) 5.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?DEGRADED WK OR DEBRIS

Position: 58 44.035 N,4 46.066 W

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