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HMS Urchin (R99)

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History
Urchin off Greenock, September 1943
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Urchin
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs
Laid down	28 March 1942
Launched	8 March 1943
Commissioned	24 September 1943
Decommissioned	1964
Identification	Pennant number R99/F196
Fate	Scrapped 1967
General characteristics V-class destroyer
Class and type	V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,777 long tons (1,806 t) standard 2,058 long tons (2,091 t) full load
Length	363 ft (111 m)
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29,828 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h)
Range	4,860 nmi (9,000 km) at 29 kn (54 km/h)
Complement	180 (225 in flotilla leader)
Armament	Original configuration : 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk XII guns in single mountings CP Mk.XXII 2 × QF 40 mm Bofors guns in twin mount Mk.IV 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × twin mounts Mk.V, 2 × single mounts Mk.III 2 × quadruple tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedo Mk.IX
General characteristics Type 15 frigate
Class and type	Type 15 frigate
Displacement	2,300 long tons (2,337 t) standard
Length	358 ft (109 m) o/a
Beam	37 ft 9 in (11.51 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, steam turbines on 2 shafts, 40,000 shp
Speed	31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h) (full load)
Complement	174
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication (later Type 993) Type 277Q surface search Type 974 navigation Type 262 fire control on director CRBF Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF Sonar: Type 174 search Type 162 target classification Type 170 attack
Armament	1 × twin 4 in gun Mark 19 1 × twin 40mm Bofors Mk.5; 2 × Squid A/S mortar or; 2 × Limbo Mark 10 A/S mortar

HMS Urchin was a U-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War.

Service history

Second World War service

Urchin formed part of the British Pacific Fleet during the latter part of the War.

Post War service

Following service in the Second World War Urchin was held in reserve at Harwich, then Chatham Dockyard until 1952.^[1] Between 1952 and 1954 she was converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, by Barclay Curle, Glasgow. Following this she was allocated the new pennant number F196. She re-commissioned on 3 June 1954 into the 3rd Training Squadron, based at Londonderry.

In 1956 she went back into reserve at Portsmouth Dockyard. In 1957 she was refitted as a training frigate and re-commissioned for service with the Dartmouth Training Squadron. She subsequently served off Iceland during the 'Cod wars' in 1959.

Decommissioning and disposal

Urchin was decommissioned in 1964 and placed on the Disposal List. Before sale for breaking-up her stern structure was removed and fitted to sister ship Ulster during 1966. The hulk was later towed to Troon, where she arrived in August 1967 for demolition.^[2]

References

^ Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 66. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
^ Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Urchin (R 99) - U-class Destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

Publications

History of HMS Urchin at naval-history.net
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Marriott, Leo (1994). Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1817-0.
Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
Richardson, Ian (August 2021). Osborne, Richard (ed.). "Type 15 Frigates, Part 2: Ship Histories". Warships: Marine News Supplement. 75 (8): 381–391. ISSN 0966-6958.
Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.

U- and V-class destroyers

Royal Navy

U class	Grenville [leader] Ulster Ulysses Undaunted Undine Urania Urchin Ursa
V class	Hardy [leader] Kempenfelt / Valentine Venus Verulam Vigilant Virago Vixen Volage

Royal Canadian Navy

V class	Algonquin (ex-Valentine) Sioux (ex-Vixen)

Preceded by: T class
Followed by: W class

List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

v t e Type 15 frigates
Royal Navy	Grenville Rapid Relentless Rocket Roebuck Troubridge Ulster Ulysses Undaunted Undine Urania Urchin Ursa Venus Verulam Vigilant Virago Volage Wakeful Whirlwind Wizard Wrangler Zest
Royal Australian Navy	Quadrant Queenborough Quiberon Quickmatch
Royal Canadian Navy	Algonquin Crescent Crusader
South African Navy	Jan van Riebeeck (ex-Wessex) Simon van der Stel (ex-Whelp) Vrystaat (ex-Wrangler)
Preceded by: Bay class Followed by: Type 16 frigates
List of frigates of the Royal Navy List of frigates of the Royal Australian Navy List of frigates of the Royal Canadian Navy

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