Allied Warships

HMS Urania (R 05)

Destroyer of the U class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassU 
PennantR 05 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered12 Jun 1941 
Laid down18 Jun 1942 
Launched19 May 1943 
Commissioned18 Jan 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1953-1954.

Scrapped at Faslane in March 1971.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Denis Harold Palmer Gardiner, DSC, RN
11 October 1943 – 19 June 1945

Lt. Cdr. John Melvill Alliston, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN
19 June 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

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1Lt.Cdr. Denis Harold Palmer Gardiner, DSC, RN11 Oct 194319 Jun 1945
2Lt.Cdr. John Melvill Alliston, DSC, DSO, RN19 Jun 1945Oct 1945 ?

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