Ursa 1917

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	URSA
Type:	Destroyer
Keel:	10/1916
Launched:	23/07/1917
Completed:	16/10/1917
Builder:	Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard:	Jarrow
Yard Number:	872
Dimensions:	975 - 1085disp, 265.0 x 26.5 x 11.0(draft)ft
Engines:	2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 27000shp
Engines by:	Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 36.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	3 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 2pdr guns, 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes

History:
16/10/1917	British Royal Navy
13/07/1926	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the Admiralty Modified R Class of destroyers
	13/07/1926: Sold for breaking up to J Smith