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Dates: 1944 - 1967 "U" Class Fleet Destroyer ordered under the War Emergency Programme in on 12th June 1941 for build by J. I Thornycroft at Woolston. The ship was laid down on 2nd May 1942 and launched on 22nd July 1943 as the 2nd RN ship to carry the name previously used for a WW1 destroyer sold in 1926. Build was completed on 1st March 1944. Following a successful WARSHIP WEEK in March 1942 she was ’adopted’ by the Hendon, then part of Middlesex but now in the London Borough of Barnet. Badge : On a Field Blue., a brown bear passant Proper.
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21 people in our World War 2 records 
76 people in our Forces Reunited records
Pictures of HMS Ursa
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