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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ursula.
Sister ship HMS Undine
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ursula
OrderedMarch 1916
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Yard number480
Laid down22 September 1916
Launched21 April 1917
Commissioned26 September 1917
Decommissioned19 November 1929
FateSold to be Broken up
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Admiralty Template:Sclass2- destroyer
Displacement1,076 long tons (1,093 t)
Length276 ft (84.1 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion
  • 3 Yarrow boilers
  • 2 geared Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement82
Armament

HMS Ursula was a modified Admiralty Template:Sclass2- destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. The vessel was launched in 1917 at Greenock in Scotland and served with the Grand Fleet during World War I.

Design

Ursula was 276 feet (84.12 m) long overall, with a beam of 27 feet (8.2 m) and a draught of 11 feet (3.35 m).[1] Displacement was 1,076 long tons (1,093 t).[2] Power was provided by three Yarrow boilers feeding two Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines rated at 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW) and driving two shafts, to give a design speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph).[1] Two funnels were fitted, two boilers exhausting through the forward funnel. 296 long tons (301 t) of oil were carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).[3]

Armament consisted of three 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV QF guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised platform and one between the funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, while torpedo armament consisted of two twin mounts for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes.[1] Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock.[4] The ship had a complement of 82 officers and men.[2]

Service

Ursula was one of ten Template:Sclass2- destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty in March 1916 as part of the Eighth War Construction Programme. The ship was built by Scotts at Greenock and was launched in June 1917.[3] On commissioning, Ursula joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet.[5]

At the end of World War I, Ursula was still part of the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla under the cruiser Champion.[6] The vessel was transferred to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla under the flag of King George V when the Home Fleet was formed,[7] but was reduced to reserve complement on 23 August 1920.[8] The destroyer was sold to Cashmore of Newport, Wales, on 19 November 1929 and broken up.[9]

Pennant numbers

Pennant Number Date
F88 1917[10]
F84 1918
F01 1918
F95

References

  1. ^ a b c Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  2. ^ a b Parkes, Oscar; Prendegast, Maurice (1918). Jane’s Fighting Ships. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 107.
  3. ^ a b Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  4. ^ "Fire Control in H.M. Ships". The Technical History and Index: Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships during the War. 3 (23): 31. 1919.
  5. ^ "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". Supplement to The Monthly Navy List: 12. October 1917. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". Supplement to The Monthly Navy List: 12. January 1919. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  7. ^ "II. Home Fleet". Supplement to The Monthly Navy List: 12. July 1919. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Ursula". Supplement to The Monthly Navy List: 276. July 1927.
  9. ^ Colledge, J.J.; Warlow, Ben (1987). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 423. ISBN 978-1-93514-907-1.
  10. ^ Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allen. p. 70. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
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