HMS Ulysses (R69)
This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2013) |
Ulysses in January 1944
| |
History | |
---|---|
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Ulysses |
Builder | Cammell Laird |
Laid down | 14 March 1942 |
Launched | 22 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 23 December 1943 |
Identification | Pennant number: R69 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | U-class destroyer |
HMS Ulysses was a U-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F17.[1]
Service history
Second World War service
On commissioning Ulysses was allocated to the 25th Destroyer Flotilla and worked as part of the
Postwar service
Between 1946 and 1951 Ulysses was held in reserve at Devonport. In December 1951 she was commissioned for the Plymouth local flotilla.[2] In 1953 she was again reduced to the reserve at Devonport. Between 1954 and 1955 she was converted to a Type 15 anti-submarine frigate, at Devonport Dockyard.
On 18 October 1955 she re-commissioned and formed part of the
Decommissioning and disposal
Ulysses was decommissioned in 1963 and in 1966 was still listed as in reserve. Used as accommodation and office space for standing by build of HMS Danae in 1967, she was scrapped at Plymouth in 1970.
Notes
- ^ a b Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Ulysses (R 69) – U-class Destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
Publications
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Marriott, Leo (1994). Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1817-0.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Richardson, Ian (August 2021). Osborne, Richard (ed.). "Type 15 Frigates, Part 2: Ship Histories". Warships: Marine News Supplement. 75 (8): 381–391. ISSN 0966-6958.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.