HMS Orby (1918)
Appearance
Builder's model, Thomson Collection of Ship Models on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario
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History | |
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Name | HMS Orby |
Builder | Swan Hunter |
Launched | 22 October 1918 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping on 15 November 1922 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 24-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,320 long tons (1,341 t) standard |
Length | |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
Range | 260 tons of coal |
Complement | 82 |
Armament |
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HMS Orby was a 24-class sloop of the British Royal Navy.
References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- "Naval Sloops". Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2009.