Allied Warships

HMS Urchin (R 99)

Destroyer of the U class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassU 
PennantR 99 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered12 Jun 1941 
Laid down28 Mar 1942 
Launched8 Mar 1943 
Commissioned24 Sep 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1952-1954.

Scrapped at Troon in August 1967.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. John Travis Beaufoy Birch, DSC, RN
9 August 1943 – April 1944

Lt. Denis Roy Newton Murdoch, RN
April 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 1 November 1944

 

Commands listed for HMS Urchin (R 99)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. John Travis Beaufoy Birch, DSO, DSC, RN9 Aug 194328 Jun 1944
2Lt.Cdr. Archibald Ferguson Harkness, DSC, OBE, RD, RNR28 Jun 194419 Sep 1945
3Lt.Cdr. Denis Roy Newton Murdoch, RN19 Sep 1945Oct 1945 ?

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