Allied Warships

HMS Ursa (R 22)

Destroyer of the U class

Photo Courtesy of Mr. Nick R. Allison

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	U
Pennant	R 22
Built by	Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.)
Ordered	12 Jun 1941
Laid down	2 May 1942
Launched	22 Jul 1943
Commissioned	1 Mar 1944
End service
History	Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1953-1954. Scrapped at Newport in September 1967.

Commands listed for HMS Ursa (R 22)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Derek Bathurst Wyburd, DSC, RN	27 Dec 1943	Oct 1945

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Notable events involving Ursa include:

24 Mar 1944
HMS Ursula (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Saumarez (Capt. P.G.L. Cazalet, DSC, RN), HMCS Algonquin (A/Lt.Cdr. D.W. Piers, DSC, RCN), HMS Meteor (Lt.Cdr. D.J.B. Jewitt, RN) and HMS Ursa (Cdr. D.B. Wyburd, DSC, RN). (1)

25 Mar 1944
HMS Ursula (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Ursa (Cdr. D.B. Wyburd, DSC, RN), HMS Javelin (Lt.Cdr. P.B.N. Lewis, DSC, RN) and HNoMS Svenner (Lt.Cdr. T. Holte). (1)