History
United Kingdom
Name	Bullen
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc
Laid down	17 May 1943
Launched	7 August 1943
Commissioned	25 October 1943
Fate	Sunk on 6 December 1944
General characteristics
Displacement	1,800 long tons (1,829 t) fully loaded
Length	306 ft (93 m) overall
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m) fully loaded
Speed	24 kn (44 km/h)
Endurance	5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	168

HMS Bullen (K 469) was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy during World War II. She was named after Charles Bullen who was captain of HMS Britannia at the Battle of Trafalgar. Originally laid down as DE-78, a turbo-electric (TE) type Buckley-class destroyer escort, she was diverted to the Royal Navy and named HMS Bullen before the launch.

While part of the 19th Escort Group, Bullen was torpedoed by the German submarine U-775 northwest of Strathy Point, Sutherland, Scotland on 6 December 1944, striking her midships. Of the crew of HMS Bullen, 71 died and 97 survived. The wrecksite is designated as a 'protected place' under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.

• Donald Collingwood The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War Leo Cooper (1998), ISBN 0-85052-615-9.
• Bruce Hampton Franklin The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts Chatham Publishing (1999), ISBN 1-86176-118-X.
• Niestle, Axel (1998). German U-Boat Losses During World War II. United States Naval Institute. ISBN 1-55750-641-8.

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

• uboat.net page for HMS Bullen
• uboat.net page for U-775
• captainclassfrigates.co.uk
• SI 2008/950 Designation under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986

v t e Buckley-class destroyer escorts
United States Navy	Buckley Bull (DE-52) Charles Lawrence Daniel T. Griffin Donaldson Donnell Fogg Formoe Foss Gantner Gary George W. Ingram Ira Jeffery Lamons Lee Fox Amesbury DE-67 (Unnamed) Bates Blessman Joseph E. Campbell Oswald Harmon (DE-72) McAnn Ebert Eisele Liddle (DE-76) Straub DE-78 — DE-90 (Unnamed) Reynolds DE-92 (Unnamed) DE-93 (Unnamed) Reeves DE-95 — DE-98 (Unnamed) Reuben James Sims Hopping Reeves (DE-156) Fechteler Chase Laning Loy Barber Lovelace Manning Neuendorf James E. Craig Eichenberger Thomason Jordan Newman Liddle (DE-206) Kephart Cofer Lloyd Otter Hubbard Hayter William T. Powell Scott Burke Enright Coolbaugh Darby J. Douglas Blackwood Francis M. Robinson Solar Fowler Spangenberg DE-563 — DE-574 (Unnamed) Ahrens Barr Alexander J. Luke Robert I. Paine Foreman Whitehurst England Witter Bowers Willmarth Gendreau Fieberling William C. Cole Paul G. Baker Damon M. Cummings Vammen Jenks Durik Wiseman Yokes Pavlic Odum Jack C. Robinson Bassett John P. Gray Weber Schmitt Frament Harmon (DE-678) Greenwood Loeser Gillette Underhill Henry R. Kenyon Bull (DE-693) Bunch Rich Spangler George Raby Marsh Currier Osmus Earl V. Johnson Holton Cronin Frybarger Tatum Borum Maloy Haines Runels Hollis Gunason Major Weeden Varian Scroggins Jack W. Wilke
Royal Navy Part of Captain class	Affleck (ex-Oswald) Aylmer (ex-Harmon (DE-72)) Balfour (ex-McAnn) Bentinck (ex-Bull (DE-52)) Bentley (ex-Ebert) Bickerton (ex-Eisele) Bligh (ex-Liddle (DE-76)) Braithwaite (ex-Straub) Bullen (ex-DE-78) Byard (ex-Donaldson) Byron (ex-DE-79) Calder (ex-Formoe) Conn (ex-DE-80) Cosby (ex-Reeves (DE-94)) Cotton (ex-DE-81) Cranstoun (ex-DE-82) Cubitt (ex-DE-83) Curzon (ex-DE-84) Dakins (ex-DE-85) Deane (ex-DE-86) Duff (ex-Lamons) Duckworth (ex-Gary) Ekins (ex-DE-87) Essington (ex-DE-67) Fitzroy (ex-DE-88) Hargood (ex-DE-573) Holmes (ex-DE-572) Hotham (ex-DE-574) Narborough (ex-DE-569) Redmill (ex-DE-89) Retalick (ex-DE-90) Riou (ex-DE-92) Rowley (ex-DE-95) Rupert (ex-DE-96) Russell / Halsted (ex-Reynolds) Rutherford (ex-DE-93) Seymour (ex-DE-98) Spragge (ex-DE-563) Stayner (ex-DE-564) Stockham (ex-DE-97) Thornborough (ex-DE-565) Torrington (ex-DE-568) Trollope (ex-DE-566) Tyler (ex-DE-567) Waldegrave (ex-DE-570) Whitaker (ex-DE-571)
Post-World War II operators  Chilean Navy Serrano (ex-Odum) Orella (ex-Jack C. Robinson) Riquelme (ex-Joseph E. Campbell) Virgilio Uribe (ex-Daniel T. Griffin)  Republic of China Navy Wen Shan (ex-Gantner) Lu Shan (ex-Bull (DE-693)) Chung Shan (ex-Blessman) Kang Shan (ex-George W. Ingram) Lung Shan (ex-Schmitt)  Colombian National Navy Almirante Tono (ex-Bassett) Almirante Brión (ex-Burke)  Ecuadorian Navy 25 de Julio / Morán Valverde (ex-Enright)  Republic of Korea Navy Jon Nam (ex-Hayter) Kyong Puk (ex-Kephart)  Mexican Navy Coahuila / Vincente Guerrero (ex-Barber)  Philippine Navy Rajah Soliman (ex-Bowers)
Preceded by: Evarts class Followed by: Cannon class
List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy List of frigates of the Royal Navy

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1944
Shipwrecks	1 Dec: HMS Empire Dace 2 Dec: Hawaii Maru 3 Dec: USS Cooper, Revoljucija 4 Dec: Kishinami 5 Dec: Hozu, USS LSM-149 6 Dec: Antoine Saugrain, HMS Bullen, U-297 7 Dec: USS Mahan, USS Ward 9 Dec: U-387 10 Dec: William S. Ladd 11 Dec: USS Reid 12 Dec: Uzuki, U-416, Yūzuki, Z35, Z36 13 Dec: U-365 14 Dec: HMS Aldenham 15 Dec: USS LST-472, USS LST-738 17 Dec: U-772 18 Dec: USS Hull, USS Monaghan, Schleswig-Holstein, USS Spence, Theresia L M Russ, U-1209, Zähringen 19 Dec: U-737, Unryū 21 Dec: USS LST-460, USS LST-749 22 Dec: USS LST-563 24 Dec: Alan-A-Dale, HMCS Clayoquot, Léopoldville 26 Dec: HMS Capel, Kiyoshimo, U-2342, Benjamin Ide Wheeler 27 Dec: U-877 28 Dec: Empire Javelin, John Burke, U-735 29 Dec: U-322 30 Dec: USS Porcupine, Hobart Baker 31 Dec: U-2530 Unknown date: Ha-83, U-196, U-400
Other incidents	5 Dec: Antoine Saugrain, Hira 8 Dec: USS Huron 9 Dec: Jun'yō 13 Dec: Myōkō, USS Nashville 14 Dec: Schauenberg 25 Dec: HMS Dakins 26 Dec: HMS Affleck 30 Dec: Juan de Fuca, USS Orestes Unknown date: HMS Charlestown, U-262
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