It was deployed in the Channel in 1946 and was placed in reserve in March. In August 1945, following a temporary shortage of fuel, the destroyer was removed from operations and went back under the command of the Royal Navy. It joined Task Force 37 and participated in several operations against the Japanese forces. Refurbished in England from November 1944 to February 1945, HMS Ulysses is deployed in June in the Pacific to Task Force 57 of the US 3rd Fleet (temporarily receiving Marker D24 in order to simplify the identification between warships). On D-Day, it participated in the fire support of the English troops.įrom 7 June to the following month, it patrolled in the Bay of Seine and across the Channel while occasionally pursuing its fire support mission to the benefit of ground forces. HMS Ulysses escorted the G9 convoy across the Channel on the night of 5 Jheading for Gold Beach. In May 1944, as part of the preparation for Operation Overlord, it joined the Bombarding Force K, itself subordinated to Task Force G. It carried out several patrols and escorts of convoys heading to the Soviet Union. Called HMS Ulysses (chronologically the 2nd warship of the Royal Navy to bear this name), it is integrated in the 25th fleet of destroyers operating in the waters of the English Channel and the North Sea. This S-class destroyer was launched on 22 April 1943 and entered active service on 23 December of the same year.
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