Ursa Major as a celestial reference point for navigation. It is also referred to as the "Wain". One of the few star groups mentioned in the Bible (Job 9:9; 38:32; – Orion and the Pleiades being others), Ursa Major was also pictured as a bear by the Jewish peoples. ("The Bear" was translated as "Arcturus" in the Vulgate and it persisted in the KJV.) In the Finnish language, the asterism is sometimes called with its old Finnish name, Otava. The meaning of the name has been almost forgotten in Modern Finnish; it means a salmon weir. Ancient Finns believed the bear ("Ursus
HMS Ursa (1917) 13 July 1928 and broken up. HMS Ursa (1917) HMS "Ursa" was a modified Admiralty destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. The vessel served with the Grand Fleet during World War I. The destroyer took part in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight while being commanded by Commander John Tovey, who later became Admiral of the Fleet and led the successful action against the battleship "Bismark". "Ursa" was long overall, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was . Power was provided by three Yarrow boilers feeding two Parsons geared steam turbines rated at and driving