| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | U |
| Pennant | R 99 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 12 Jun 1941 |
| Laid down | 28 Mar 1942 |
| Launched | 8 Mar 1943 |
| Commissioned | 24 Sep 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1952-1954. Scrapped at Troon in August 1967. Commanding Officers: Lt. Denis Roy Newton Murdoch, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Urchin (R 99)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Travis Beaufoy Birch, DSO, DSC, RN | 9 Aug 1943 | 28 Jun 1944 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Archibald Ferguson Harkness, DSC, OBE, RD, RNR | 28 Jun 1944 | 19 Sep 1945 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Denis Roy Newton Murdoch, RN | 19 Sep 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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