Allied Warships

HMS Ulysses (R 69)

Destroyer of the U class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	U
Pennant	R 69
Built by	Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.)
Ordered	12 Jun 1941
Laid down	14 Mar 1942
Launched	22 Apr 1943
Commissioned	23 Dec 1943
End service
History	Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1952-1953. Scrapped at Plymouth in 1970.

Commands listed for HMS Ulysses (R 69)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Ronald John Hanson, DSO, DSC, RN	20 Sep 1943	24 Oct 1944

2	Lt.Cdr. Breon George Buckle Bordes, DSC, RN	Sep 1945	mid 1946

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Notable events involving Ulysses include:

20 May 1944
HMS Voracious (Lt. F.D.G. Challis, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off Scapa Flow with HMS Opportune (Cdr. J. Lee-Barber, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Ulysses (Lt.Cdr. R.J. Hanson, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Verulam (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomas, DSC, RN) and HMS Nubian (Lt.Cdr. T.A. Pack-Beresford, RN).

Upon completion of these exercises HMS Voracious departed Scapa Flow for Holy Loch. She was escorted by HMS Sardonyx (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E. Playne, RNVR). (1)

27 Aug 1944
HMS Malaya (Capt. E.W. Bush, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) departed Greenock for Portsmouth.

At 1500/28, she was joined by the destroyers HMCS Haida (Capt. H.G. De Wolf, DSO, RCN) and ORP Blyscawica (Cdr. K.F. Namiesniowski).

These destroyers were relieved at 0250/9 by the destroyers HMS Ulysses (Lt.Cdr. R.J. Hanson, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) and HMS Vimy (Lt.Cdr. K.H.J Lynch Phibbs, RN).

HMS Malaya arrived at Portmouth in the afternoon of August, 29th. (2)

25 Jun 1945
HMS Vox (Lt. W.E.I. Littlejohn, DSC, RANVR) conducted A/S exercises off Sydney with HMS Undine (Cdr. T.C. Robinson, RN), HMS Ulysses, HMS Urania (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Alliston, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Grenville (Capt. R.G. Onslow, DSO, RN), HMCS Undaunted (Lt.Cdr. C.E.R. Sharp, RN) and HMS Urchin (Lt.Cdr. A.F. Harkness, DSC, OBE, RD, RNR). (3)