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HMS ''Urchin'' was a U-class
History of HMS ''Urchin'' at naval-history.net
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destroyer
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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. Between 1952 and 1954 she was converted into a Type 15 fastanti-submarine
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frigate
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, by Barclay Curle
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History
The company was founded by Robert Barclay at Stobcross in Glasgow, Scotland during 1818.
, Glasgow. Following this she was allocated the new pennant number
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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 Dartmouth may refer to:
Places
* Dartmouth, Devon, England
** Dartmouth Harbour
* Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
* Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia
Institutions
* Dartmouth College, Ivy League university i ...
. 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 tosister ship
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during 1966. The hulk was later towed to Troon, where she arrived in August 1967 for demolition.
References
Publications
History of HMS ''Urchin'' at naval-history.net
* * * * * U and V-class destroyers of the Royal Navy Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness 1943 ships World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom Cold War destroyers of the United Kingdom Type 15 frigates Cold War frigates of the United Kingdom {{UK-destroyer-stub