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
Name	HMS Ulleswater
Ordered	1916
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow
Laid down	1916
Launched	4 August 1917
Fate	Sunk on 15 August 1918
General characteristics
Class & 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	3 boilers 2 Parsons direct drive steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)

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. "HMS Ullswater". The Dreadnought Project. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
2. 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.