HMS Ulleswater (1917)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ulleswater.
A painting of the sinking of HMS Ulleswater by Charles Pears
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ulleswater
Ordered1916
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow
Laid down1916
Launched4 August 1917
FateSunk on 15 August 1918
General characteristics
Class and typeYarrow M-class destroyer
Displacement930 long tons (940 t)
Length273 ft 6 in (83.36 m)
Beam25 ft 7+1⁄2 in (7.81 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 Parsons direct drive steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Complement82
Armament

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

  1. ^ a b c "HMS Ullswater". The Dreadnought Project. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Randall, Ian (1997). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. Conway Maritime. p. 81. ISBN 978-0851772455.
  3. ^ "Destroyers – World War 1". Harwich and Dover Court. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. ^ "HMS Ulleswater". Uboat.net. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  5. ^ Rower, R.P.P (2022). A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War. DigiCat. p. 143.
  6. ^ "HMS Ulleswater (F83) (+1918)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  7. ^ "A Destroyer Torpedoed. HMS Ullswater". IWM. Retrieved 25 November 2022.