Allied Warships

HMS Undaunted (ii) (R 53)

Destroyer of the U class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	U
Pennant	R 53
Built by	Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.)
Ordered	12 Jun 1941
Laid down	8 Sep 1942
Launched	19 Jul 1943
Commissioned	3 Mar 1944
End service
History	Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1953-1954. Sunk as a target in 1982.

Commands listed for HMS Undaunted (ii) (R 53)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Angus Alexander Mackenzie, RD, RNR	14 Feb 1944	10 Oct 1944
2	Lt.Cdr. Campbell Eric Reginald Sharp, RN	10 Oct 1944	early 1946

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Notable events involving Undaunted (ii) include:

10 Mar 1944
HMS Trusty (Lt. M.F.R. Ainslie, DSO, DSC, RN) conducts A/S exercises with the Canadian destroyer HMCS Algonquin (A/Lt.Cdr. D.W. Piers, DSC, RCN) and later with the British destroyer HMCS Undaunted (Lt.Cdr. A.A. Mackenzie, RD, RNR). (1)

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). (2)