HMS Ursula
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Two submarines of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Ursula:
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Ursula:
- HMS UrsulaHMS Ursula (N59)HMS Ursula was a British U class submarine, of the first group of that class, built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 19 February 1937 and was commissioned on 20 December 1938....
, a Second World War U-class submarineBritish U class submarineThe British U class submarines were a class of 49 small submarines built just before and during the Second World War...
which was launched on 16 February 1938 and served in home waters then in the Mediterranean, before being transferred to the Soviet Navy in 1944.
- HMS UrsulaHMCS Corner Brook (SSK 878)HMCS Corner Brook is a long-range hunter-killer submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy. She is the former Royal Navy Upholder class submarine HMS Ursula , purchased from the British at the end of the Cold War...
, a long-range hunter-killer (SSK) Upholder/Victoria class submarineUpholder/Victoria class submarineThe Upholder/Victoria-class submarines, also known as the Type 2400 , are diesel-electric Fleet submarines designed in the UK in the late 1970s to supplement the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine force....
which was launched on 28 February 1991, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 8 May 1992 before being purchased from the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
in 1998 by the Canadian NavyCanadian Forces Maritime CommandThe Royal Canadian Navy , is the naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the unified Canadian Forces. Operating 33 warships and several auxiliary vessels, the Royal Canadian Navy consists of 8,500 Regular Force and 5,100 Primary Reserve sailors, supported by...
and renamed HMCS Corner Brook.