Bentinck K 314

BENTINCK (DE-52/K-314)

Named for Captain J. Bentinck (Seven Years War)

Type: TE
Builder: BHM
Laid down as USS BULL
Keel laid 06/29/42
Launched 02/03/43
Commissioned 05/19/43
First CO: Cdr E. H. Chavasse, RN
Decommissioned, returned to USN 01/05/46
Stricken 02/07/46
Sold 05/26/46
Unit of 4th EG
Assisted in sinking three U-boats

From the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006