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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
3 Sep, 1939 |
| Laid down: |
20 May, 1940 |
| Launched: |
2 Apr, 1942 |
| Commissioned: |
17 Oct, 1942 |
| Fate: |
Broken up, 1965 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
1,540 tons |
| Length: |
345 feet o/a |
| Beam: |
35 feet |
| Draught: |
13.5 feet |
| Propulsion: |
2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp, 2 shafts |
| Speed: |
37 knots |
| Range: |
472 tons oil, 3,850 nm at 20 kt |
| Complement: |
176+ |
| Armament: |
4 x single QF 4 in guns Mark V on mounting HA Mk.III
2 x quad tubes for 21 in torpedoes Mk.IX
Up to 60 mines (where fitted for)
1 x quad QF 2 pdr "pom-pom" mount Mk.VII
Up to 6 x single 20 mm Oerlikon guns
4 x throwers and 2 x racks for 70 depth charges
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| Motto: |
HMS Orwell was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that entered service in 1942. She saw action at the Battle of the Barents Sea, and was involved in convoy escort duties during the Battle of North Cape. In 1952 she was converted to a Type 16 frigate and was broken-up in June 1965.
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