"U" class Utility Destroyers
 
Individual Specifications
Name Pennant Builder Completed Fate
Grenville * R97 Swan Hunter 27/5/43 Scrapped 1983
Ulster R83 Swan Hunter 30/6/43 Scrapped 1980
Ulysses R69 Cammell Laird 23/12/43 Scrapped 1979
Undine R42 Thornycroft 3/3/44 Sunk as target 1978, North Atlantic
Ursa R22 Thornycroft 23/12/43 Scrapped 1965
Undaunted R53 Cammell Laird 18/1/44 Scrapped 1970
Urchin R99 Vickers Armstrong 24/9/43 Scrapped 1967
Urania R05 Vickers Armstrong 1/3/44 Scrapped 1967

* - Flotilla leaders

1:600 "U" class. The light, low lattice mast was an innovation, together with the SW RDF set at the head of it. They were the last RN destroyers to ship seperate HA and LA DCT's for their main armament. © Andrew Arthur.
HMS Urania, in an Atlatic camouflage scheme. © Andrew Arthur.

These "S" class repeats were 60 tons overweight, and all except Grenville and Ulster carried a light lattice foremast, and theses two later shipped these, albeight of the older, taller type. All had SW type 276 and AW type 291 were shipped on all foremasts. The twin Bofors gun had it's own type 282 AR RDF. See below for different light AA fits.

Dimensions
Full Displacement 2508 tons Length 362.75'
Empty Displacement 1777 tons Beam 35.75'
Load 841 tons Draft 10'

 

Performance & Propulsion
Machinery 2 x Admirality 3 drum boilers, 2 x Parsons geared steam rurbines @ 40000 hp
Speed 36 kts, 32 kts full Range 4675 nm @ 20 kts.

 

Armament & Complement
Complement 179 Officers & Ratings, 225 in Flotilla Leaders
Armament
Designed
  • Gun
    • 4 x 1 x 4.7" DP
    • 1 x 2 x 40mm Bofors AA
    • 4 x 2 x 20mm Oerlikon AA
  • Torpedoes
    • 2 x 5 x 21" tubes ( only four tubes carried )
  • ASW
    • 4 x DC lobbers
    • 2 x DC rails
    • 70 DC's
   
Light AA armament
Ulysses
  • 1 x 4 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
  • 4 x 2 x 20mm Oerlikon AA
Urchin
  • 6 x 2 x 20mm Oerlikon AA
Urania
  • 1 x 2 x 40mm Bofors AA
  • 4 x 1 x 40mm Bofors AA
 
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