DD - HMS Ulysses (R 69)

HMS Ulysses (R 69)
HMS Ulysses (R 69)
     
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)
Sources:
Sources:
PEJČOCH, Ivo, NOVÁK, Zdeněk, HÁJEK, Tomáš: Válečné lodi [4]. 1st edition.Prague: Naše vojsko s.p. 1993. 374s. ISBN 80-206-0357-3
HRBEK, Ivan, HRBEK, Jaroslav: Fleets of States Participating in the Second World War. 1st edition. Prague: Our Army, 1994. 232p. ISBN 80-206-0245-3
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
www.uboat.net
navalhistory.flixco.info
www.naval-history.net
https://navypedia.org/page/10569
www.britainsnavy.co.uk
www.ww2ships.com
https://www.ww2ships.com/britain/gb-dd-001-f.shtml

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