HMS Orby (1918)

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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: 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.

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