HMS Ulysses (1917)

HMS Ulysses was a Royal Navy modified R-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War.

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

Sister ship HMS Undine
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Ulysses
Namesake: Ulysses
Ordered: March 1916
Builder: William Doxford & Sons, Sutherland
Launched: 24 March 1917
Fate: Sank following collusion 29 October 1918
General characteristics
Class and type: Modified Admiralty R-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,085 long tons (1,102 t)
Length: 276 ft (84.1 m)
Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion:
  • 3 Yarrow boilers
  • 2 geared Parsons steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed: 36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range: 3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement: 82
Armament:
  • 3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX
  • 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)

The destroyer was built by William Doxford & Sons in Sunderland and launched 24 March 1917.[1] The vessel was sunk following a collision on 29 October 1918 with the SS Ellerie in the Firth of Clyde.[2][3] However she sank without loss of life, although due to wartime security restrictions her sinking position is unknown.[4] It is stated that the collision occurred in fog.[5]

References

Citations
  1. Dunn & Dunn 2014, p. 85.
  2. "HMS Ulysses". The Wreck Site. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 71.
  4. Alexander 2009, p. 47.
  5. "Destroyers: HMS Ulysses". Harwich and Dovercourt. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

Bibliography
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  • Kemp, Paul (1999). The Admiralty Regrets: British Warship Losses of the 20th Century. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-1567-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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