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''Ursa'' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Ursa''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.
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==Service==
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''Ursa'' joined the {{UK-DF|13}} in October, 1917.{{SMNLOct17|p. 12}}
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On 24 November 1917, ''Ursa'' was involved in a collision with {{UK-Wakeful}} in an unspecified port.<ref>Binmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/202.|D7604957}} f. 214.</ref>
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''Ursa'' completed to Full Complement at Portsmouth on 23 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 879}}
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She reduced to Reserve on 22 February, 1922.{{NLApr25|p. 277}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Edward Eastwick-Field]], 13 October, 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 879.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Jack Ernest Albert Mocatta|nick=Jack E. A. Mocatta|appt=15 September, 1917|end=October, 1917|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Cronyn Tovey|nick=John C. Tovey|appt=28 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 398''p''}}|end=2 April, 1918<ref>Tovey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 131.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Percy Ralph Passawer Percival|nick=Percy R. P. Percival|appt=23 January, 1918<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>|end=7 February, 1919<ref>Percival Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|D7604667}} f. 303.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Philip Allan Heyder|nick=Philip A. Heyder|appt=7 February, 1918<ref>Heyder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/283.|D7605038}} f. 298.</ref>|end=9 February, 1918<ref>Heyder Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/283.|D7605038}} f. 298.</ref>|note=immediately sick, may not have actually joined the ship}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Evans|nick=Arthur Evans|appt=2 April, 1918<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 922''a''}}|end=27 January, 1919<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|D7604783}} f. 31.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Patrick Butter|nick=Patrick Butter|appt=27 January, 1919<ref>Butter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/122.|D7605209}} f. 486.</ref>{{NLMay19|p. 922''a''}}|end=28 November, 1919<ref>Butter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/122.|D7605209}} f. 486.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Ivan Beale Colvin|nick=Ivan B. Colvin|appt=August, 1920<ref>Colvin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>|ass=September, 1920{{NLOct20|p. 879}}|end=15 October, 1920<ref>Colvin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Eastwick-Field|nick=Edward Eastwick-Field|appt=15 October, 1920<ref>Eastwick-Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/289.|D7605374}} f. 662.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 879}}|end=22 February, 1922<ref>Eastwick-Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/289.|D7605374}} f. 662.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor St. Vincent Frederick Tyler|nick=Trevor St. V. F. Tyler|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}|end=c. 20 August, 1924{{INF}}|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 16:07, 2 May 2020

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. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.

Bibliography


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