HMS Urchin
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HMS Urchin was a Modified Admiralty R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The Modified R class added attributes of the Yarrow Later M class to improve the capability of the ships to operate in bad weather. The destroyer was the third ship in the Navy to be named after the sea urchin and the first in the class to be built by Palmers in Jarrow. Launched in 1917, Urchin served with the Grand Fleet, seeing action in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight. After the war, the destroyer was remained in service until being retired and sold to be broken up in 1930.
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Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
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1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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