Qualla: HMS Bullen https://qualla.com/hms-bullen en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:25 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: HMS Bullen https://qualla.com/hms-bullen HMS Bullen: Introduction https://qualla.com/hms-bullen/ On the morning of December 6, 1944, in cold water off Strathy Point on the north coast of Scotland, a German torpedo struck the midships of HMS *Bullen*. The escort frigate was part of the 19th Escort Group, hunting U-boats in waters where the Atlantic convoys still moved despite the war's late hour. Seventy-one men died. Ninety-seven survived. The ship had been at sea barely a year. She had been built three thousand miles away in Hingham, Massachusetts, by American shipyard workers who would never meet her crew - a small floating sample of the wartime alliance that ended on the seabed off Sutherland.

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/k/w/hms-bullen-wp/gfkw-hms-bullen-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full HMS Bullen: From Hingham to the Royal Navy https://qualla.com/hms-bullen/ BDE-78 was laid down at Bethlehem Steel's Hingham Yard on May 17, 1943, and launched three months later on August 17. Built as a Buckley-class destroyer escort for the US Navy, she was diverted to Britain under Lend-Lease and commissioned in the Royal Navy on October 25, 1943, as...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/k/w/hms-bullen-wp/gfkw-hms-bullen-from-hingham-to-the-royal-navy.mp3 0:06 2 full HMS Bullen: Built for One Job https://qualla.com/hms-bullen/ Captain-class frigates - the British name for Buckley-class ships in Royal Navy service - existed to do one thing: kill U-boats. *Bullen*'s armament reflected that. Three 3-inch dual-purpose guns provided medium-caliber defense. Twin 40 mm Bofors and eight 20 mm Oerlikon autocann...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/k/w/hms-bullen-wp/gfkw-hms-bullen-built-for-one-job.mp3 0:06 3 full HMS Bullen: The Last Patrol https://qualla.com/hms-bullen/ December 1944 found *Bullen* with the 19th Escort Group, working the approaches to the Pentland Firth and the western edges of the North Sea. The Atlantic convoys were no longer the dire affair they had been in 1942, but the U-boats had not gone away. A new generation of German s...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/k/w/hms-bullen-wp/gfkw-hms-bullen-the-last-patrol.mp3 0:06 4 full HMS Bullen: The Wreck Today https://qualla.com/hms-bullen/ The wrecksite of HMS *Bullen* is designated a 'protected place' under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. The designation means the seabed where she lies is a war grave; divers may visit but must not enter or disturb the wreck. U-775, the U-boat that sank her, survived t...

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