HMS Ursula (N59)

	HMS Ursula
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ursula
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	19 February 1937
Launched	16 February 1938
Commissioned	20 December 1938
Fate	Transferred to Soviet Navy, 26 June 1944
Badge
Soviet Union
Name	V-4
Acquired	26 June 1944
Fate	Returned to UK, early 1950 and scrapped May 1950
General characteristics
Class and type	U-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced – 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load; Submerged – 730 tons;
Length	58.22 m (191 ft 0 in)
Beam	4.90 m (16 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel-electric; 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors; 615 hp (459 kW) / 825 hp (615 kW);
Speed	11.25 kn (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) max surfaced; 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) max submerged;
Complement	27
Armament	4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 external; 10 torpedoes; 3 anti-aircraft machine guns;

HMS Ursula was a U-class submarine, of the first group of that class constructed for the Royal Navy. The submarine entered service in 1938 and saw action during the Second World War in the North and Mediterranean Seas.

In 1944, Ursula was transferred to the Soviet Navy and renamed V-4. She remained in Soviet service until 1950 when the submarine was returned to the United Kingdom and was sold for scrap in May 1950.

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