| 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)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19314
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.