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HMS Orby (1918)

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Minesweeper of the Royal Navy

History
Builder's model, Thomson Collection of Ship Models on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario
United Kingdom
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	258 ft (79 m) p/p 267 ft 6 in (81.53 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	4-cylinder triple expansion engine, 2,500 ihp 2 cylindrical boilers 1 screw
Speed	17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Range	260 tons of coal
Complement	82
Armament	As designed: 2 × 4 in (100 mm) guns 39 depth charges

HMS Orby was a 24-class sloop of the British Royal Navy.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 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.

v t e 24-class sloops
Royal Navy	Ard Patrick Bend Or Cicero Donovan Flying Fox Galtee More Harvester Iroquois Isinglass Ladas Merry Hampton Minoru Orby Ormonde Persimmon Rocksand Sanfoin Sefton Silvio Sir Bevis Sir Hugo Sir Visto Spearmint Sunstar
Royal Australian Navy	Moresby
Preceded by: P class Followed by: Bridgewater class
List of sloop classes of the Royal Navy

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