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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Ursa |
| Namesake | Ursa, the Lain name for bear |
| Ordered | March 1916 |
| Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow |
| Launched | 23 July 1917 |
| Completed | 16 October 1917 |
| Out of service | 13 July 1926 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Modified Admiralty R-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,035 long tons (1,052 t) (normal) |
| Length | 276 ft (84.1 m) (o.a.) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
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| Speed | 36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h) |
| Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 82 |
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HMS Ursa was a modified Admiralty R-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The Modified R class added attributes of the Yarrow Later M class to improve the capability of the ships to operate in bad weather. Launched in 1917, the vessel saw service as part of the Grand Fleet. The destroyer took part in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight while being commanded by Commander John Tovey, who later became Admiral of the Fleet and led the successful action against the battleship Bismark. The vessel was also one of the first destroyers to launch a torpedo at the enemy during the battle. After the war, Ursa was transferred to the Home Fleet, but was sold to be broken up in 1928.