H.M.S. Ursa (1917)

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H.M.S. Ursa (1917)
Pendant Number: F.10 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: Mar 1916 (8th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 23 Jul, 1917[5]
Completed: Oct, 1917[6]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1926[7]

H.M.S. Ursa was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Ursa joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in October, 1917.[8]

On 24 November 1917, Ursa was involved in a collision with Wakeful in an unspecified port.[9]

Ursa completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 23 August, 1920.[10]

She reduced to Reserve on 22 February, 1922.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 82.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 81-2.
  4. March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 82.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 71.
  8. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 12.
  9. Binmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/202. f. 214.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 277.
  12. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398p.
  13. Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
  14. Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  15. Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  16. Heyder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/283. f. 298.
  17. Heyder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/283. f. 298.
  18. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922a.
  20. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  21. Butter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/122. f. 486.
  22. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 922a.
  23. Butter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/122. f. 486.
  24. Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
  25. Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
  26. Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
  27. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879.
  28. Eastwick-Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/289. f. 662.
  29. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.
  30. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  31. Tyler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/158. f. 157.

Bibliography


"R" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Radstock Raider Romola Rowena Restless
Rigorous Rocket Rob Roy Redgauntlet Redoubt
Recruit Sturgeon Sceptre Salmon Sylph
Sarpedon Sable Setter Sorceress Satyr
Sharpshooter Simoom Skate Starfish Stork
Skilful Springbok Tancred Tarpon Telemachus
Tempest Tetrarch Tenacious Thisbe Thruster
  Tormentor Tornado Torrent Torrid  
Thornycroft Specials
Rosalind Radiant Retriever Taurus Teazer
Yarrow Specials
Sabrina Strongbow Surprise Sybille Truculent
  Tyrant Ulleswater  
Modified "R" Class
Ulster Undine Tower Trenchant Tristram
  Tirade Ursula Ulysses  
  Umpire Urchin Ursa  
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