Name: Name: | HMS Ulysses | HMS Ulysses |
Original name: Original Name: | HMS Ulysses | |
Category: Category: | destroyer | destroyer |
Class: Class: | U class | |
Code: Pennant Number: | R69 D24 (since June 1945) D169 | |
Shipyard: Builder: | Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead | |
Laid Down: | 14.03.1942 | |
Launch: Launched: | 22.04.1943 | |
Commissioning: Commissioned: | 23.12.1943 | |
Exclusion: Decommissioned: | DD.MM.1963 (sold to scrap in October 1969) | |
Commander: Commander: | 20.09.1943-25.10.1944 Hanson, Ronald John ( Lieutenant-Commander ) DD.09.1945-DD.MM.1946 Bordes, Breon George Buckle ( Lieutenant-Commander ) | |
Unit: Unit: | DD.MM.YYYY-DD.MM.YYYY | DD.MM.YYYY-DD.MM.YYYY |
Crew: Crew: | 180 | |
Technical data: Technical Data: | ||
Standard Displacement: Standard Displacement: | 1806 t | 1777 long tons |
Full Displacement: Full Load Displacement: | 2091 t | 2058 long tons |
Length: Length: | 110.64 m | 363ft |
Width: Beam: | 10.87 m | 35ft 8in |
Draft: Draft: | 3.05 m | 10ft |
Armor: Armor: | - | - |
Drive: Propulsion: | ||
Type: Type: | 2x Parsons steam turbine 2x 3-drum Admiralty boiler | 2x geared steam turbine Parsons 2x 3-drum boiler Admiralty |
Power: Power: | 29828 kW at 350 rpm | 40000 bhp at 350 rpm |
Screws: Propellers: | 2 | |
Fuel supply: Fuel Load: | 625 t | 615 long tons |
Powers: Performance: | ||
Speed: Speed: | 68.1 km / h | 36.75 kt |
Range: Range: | 8667.4 km at 37 km / h | 4680 nm at speed 20 kt |
Armament and equipment: Armament and Equipment: | ||
Armament: Armament: | 4x 120 mm / 45 Mk IX (4xI) 4x 40 mm / 39 Vickers Mk VIII (AA / 1xIV) 8x 20 mm / 70 Oerlikon (AA / 4xII) 8x torpedo 533 mm (2xIV) 4x depth bomb thrower | 4x 120 mm / 45 Mk IX (4xI) 4x 40 mm / 39 Vickers Mk VIII (AA / 1xIV) 8x 20 mm / 70 Oerlikon (AA / 4xII) 8x torpedo tubes 533 mm (2xIV) 4x depth charges thrower |
Equipment: Equipment: | 2x slide for depth charges 1x radar Type 272 - search for surface targets 1x ASDIC since January 1945: 2x slide for depth charges 1x radar Type 276 - search for level targets 1x ASDIC | 2x depth charges track 1x radar Type 272 - surface search 1x ASDIC from January 1945: 2x slide for depth charges 1x radar Type 276 - surface search 1x ASDIC |
Carried aircraft: Aircraft Carried: | - | - |
Note: Note: | In 1953 converted to anti-submarine frigate Type 15 and re-commissioned as frigate HMS Ulysses (F17) | In [b: aaaaa] 1953 fully rebuilt and converted to Type 15 anti-submarine frigate and recommissioned as frigate HMS Ulysses (F17) |
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