HMS Ulleswater (1917)
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Name | HMS Ulleswater |
Ordered | 1916 |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow |
Laid down | 1916 |
Launched | 4 August 1917 |
Fate | Sunk on 15 August 1918 |
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Class and type | Yarrow M-class destroyer |
Displacement | 930 long tons (940 t) |
Length | 273 ft 6 in (83.36 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 7+1⁄2 in (7.81 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h) |
Complement | 82 |
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HMS Ulleswater (or Ullswater) was an Yarrow Later M-class destroyer which fought in the First World War as part of the Royal Navy.[1][2]
She was ordered and laid down in 1916 at Yarrow Shipbuilders, being completed and launched on 4 August 1917.[1][2][3]
In April 1918, the ship was assigned to 'Outer Patrol off Zeebrugge' during the Zeebrugge Raid.
On 15 August 1918, she was sunk by German submarine U-71[4] or UC-17[1][2][5] in the North Sea. Five sailors were reported to have died.[6]
There is a painting of the sinking by the war artist Charles Pears in the Imperial War Museum.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "HMS Ullswater". The Dreadnought Project. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Randall, Ian (1997). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. Conway Maritime. p. 81. ISBN 978-0851772455.
- ^ "Destroyers – World War 1". Harwich and Dover Court. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "HMS Ulleswater". Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ Rower, R.P.P (2022). A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War. DigiCat. p. 143.
- ^ "HMS Ulleswater (F83) (+1918)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "A Destroyer Torpedoed. HMS Ullswater". IWM. Retrieved 25 November 2022.