Allied Warships

HMS Undine (ii) (R 42)

Destroyer of the U class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	U
Pennant	R 42
Built by	Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.)
Ordered	12 Jun 1941
Laid down	18 Mar 1942
Launched	1 Jun 1943
Commissioned	23 Dec 1943
End service
History	Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1954. Scrapped at Newport in November 1965.

Commands listed for HMS Undine (ii) (R 42)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Terence Corin Robinson, RN	11 Oct 1943	Sep 1945
2	Cdr. Cecil Hamilton Holmes, OBE, RN	Sep 1945	Dec 1945

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Notable events involving Undine (ii) include:

17 Jan 1944
HMS Vox (Lt. J.M. Michell, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Serapis (Lt.Cdr. E.L. Jones, DSC, RN), HMS Undine (Cdr. T.C. Robinson, RN), HMS Verulam (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomas, DSC, RN) and ORP Blyscawica (Cdr. K.F. Namiesniowski). (1)

15 May 1944
HMS Voracious (Lt. F.D.G. Challis, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off Scapa Flow with HMS Grenville (Capt. H.P. Henderson, RN), HMS Urchin (Lt.Cdr. J.T.B. Birch, DSO, DSC, RN) and HMS Undine (Cdr. T.C. Robinson, RN). (2)

17 May 1944
HMS Voracious (Lt. F.D.G. Challis, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off Scapa Flow with HMS Whelp (Cdr. G.A.F. Norfolk, RN), HMS Undine (Cdr. T.C. Robinson, RN), HNoMS Narvik and HMS Tekoura (A/Skr.Lt. W.B. Cowie, RNR). (2)

25 Jun 1945
HMS Vox (Lt. W.E.I. Littlejohn, DSC, RANVR) conducted A/S exercises off Sydney with HMS Undine (Cdr. T.C. Robinson, RN), HMS Ulysses, HMS Urania (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Alliston, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Grenville (Capt. R.G. Onslow, DSO, RN), HMCS Undaunted (Lt.Cdr. C.E.R. Sharp, RN) and HMS Urchin (Lt.Cdr. A.F. Harkness, DSC, OBE, RD, RNR). (3)