HMS Orwell (G98)
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Name: | HMS Orwell |
Ordered: | 3 September 1939 |
Builder: | Thornycroft (Southampton) |
Laid down: | 20 May 1940 |
Launched: | 2 April 1942 |
Commissioned: | 17 October 1942 |
Fate: | Broken up, 1965 |
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Class and type: | O-class destroyer |
Displacement: | 1,540 long tons (1,560 t) standard |
Length: | 345 ft (105 m) o/a |
Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Propulsion: | Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts |
Speed: | 37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h) |
Range: | 3,850 nmi (7,130 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
Endurance: | 472 tons oil |
Complement: | 176+ |
Armament: | • 4 × single QF 4 in guns Mark V on mounting HA Mk.III • 1 × quad QF 2 pdr "pom-pom" mount Mk.VII • Up to 6 × single 20 mm Oerlikon guns • 2 × quad 21 in (533 mm) tubes for Mk.IX torpedoes • 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges • Up to 60 mines (where fitted) |
Service record | |
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Operations: |
Battle of the Barents Sea (1942) Battle of North Cape (1943) |
HMS Orwell was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that entered service in 1942 and was broken up in 1965.
Second World War service
Orwell saw action at the Battle of the Barents Sea, and was involved in convoy escort duties during the Battle of North Cape.
Postwar service
Between 1946 and 1947 Orwell was part of the Portsmouth local Flotilla and used for torpedo training. Between 1947 and 1949 she was held in reserve at Harwich. In 1949 she underwent a refit at Cowes and between 1950 and 1952 was held in reserve at Chatham.
In 1952 she was converted to a Type 16 frigate at Rosyth Dockyard. Following re-commissioning in 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[1] Between 1953 and 1958 she was Captain (Destroyers) at Plymouth. [2] In December 1959 she underwent refit in Rosyth, being held in reserve there until 1961. Between 1961 and 1963 she was held on reserve at Portsmouth, before being placed on the disposal list.
She was sold for scrap to John Cashmore Ltd and arrived for breaking up at Newport on 28 June 1965.[3]
Commanding Officers
From | To | Captain |
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1953 | 1954 | Captain Peter N Buckley RN |
1954 | 1955 | Captain Richard F N Kearney RN |
1955 | 1957 | Captain Terence W B Shaw RN |
1957 | 1958 | Captain Peter M Compston RN |
References
- ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. "II: Royal Navy- Captains Commanding Warships". British Armed Forces (1900–). Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982, page 18
Publications
- 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. OCLC 67375475.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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