HMS Orchis
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HMS Orchis was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II.
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Underway in the River Clyde, December 1942 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Orchis |
Builder | Harland and Wolff[1] |
Yard number | 1075[1] |
Laid down | 18 June 1940 |
Launched | 15 October 1940 |
Completed | 29 November 1940[1] |
Commissioned | 29 November 1940 |
Identification | Pennant number: K76 |
Fate | Mined off Juno Beach 21 August 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 925 long tons[2] |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) o/a[2] |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m)[2] |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h)[2] |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement | 90[2] |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Operations: | Battle of the Atlantic |
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