Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | U |
Pennant | R 05 |
Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
Ordered | 12 Jun 1941 |
Laid down | 18 Jun 1942 |
Launched | 19 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 18 Jan 1944 |
End service | |
History | Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1953-1954. Scrapped at Faslane in March 1971. |
Commands listed for HMS Urania (R 05)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Denis Harold Palmer Gardiner, DSC, RN | 11 Oct 1943 | 19 Jun 1945 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. John Melvill Alliston, DSO, DSC, RN | 19 Jun 1945 | early 1946 |
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