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HMS Ulysses (1917)

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

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

Sister ship HMS Undine
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ulysses
NamesakeUlysses
OrderedMarch 1916
BuilderWilliam Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Launched24 March 1917
FateSank following collision 29 October 1918
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Admiralty R-class destroyer
Displacement1,085 long tons (1,102 t)
Length276 ft (84.1 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion
  • 3 Yarrow boilers
  • 2 geared Parsons steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement82
Armament

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][a] However she sank without loss of life, with the ship's crew being rescued by the drifter Ivy III.[5][4] Due to wartime security restrictions her sinking position is unknown.[5] It is stated that the collision occurred in fog.[6]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Elleric according to Hepper[4]

Citations

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  1. ^ Dunn & Dunn 2014, p. 85.
  2. ^ "HMS Ulysses". The Wreck Site. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. ^ Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 71.
  4. ^ a b Hepper 2006, p. 143.
  5. ^ a b Alexander 2009, p. 47.
  6. ^ "Destroyers: HMS Ulysses". Harwich and Dovercourt. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

Bibliography

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  • Alexander, Alistair (2009). Action Stations!: U-Boat Warfare in the Clyde in Two World Wars. Glasgow, UK: Neil Wilson Publishing. ISBN 978-1906476076.
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
  • Dunn, Clive; Dunn, Gillian (2014). Sutherland in the Great War. Havertown, UK: Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-47384-658-6.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  • Hepper, David (2006). British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era 1860–1919. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 9781861762733.
  • Kemp, Paul (1999). The Admiralty Regrets: British Warship Losses of the 20th Century. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-1567-6.
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