HMS Ursula (1917)

HMS Ursula was a Modified Admiralty R-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy. The Modified R class added attributes of the Yarrow Later M class to improve the capability of the ships to operate in bad weather. The vessel was launched in 1917 at Greenock in Scotland and served with the Grand Fleet during the First World War. After the war, the destroyer was transferred to the Home Fleet, but then moved to the Reserve Fleet. In 1924, Prince George served aboard Ursula before, in 1929, the vessel was sold to be broken up.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ursula.

HMS Ursula in Calais, May 1928
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ursula
OrderedMarch 1916
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Yard number480
Laid down22 September 1916
Launched21 April 1917
Completed26 September 1917
Out of service19 November 1929
FateSold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Admiralty R-class destroyer
Displacement1,035 long tons (1,052 t) (normal)
Length276 ft (84.1 m) (o.a.)
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 mph; 67 km/h)
Range3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement82
Armament
  • 3 × single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns
  • 1 × single 2-pdr 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun
  • 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
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