Name: | ORBY |
Type: | Mineweeper |
Keel: | |
Launched: | 22/10/1918 |
Completed: | 11/1918 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1070 |
Dimensions: | 1320disp, 258.0 x 35.0 x 10.5(draft)ft |
Engines: | T4cyl (20.5, 33, 33 & 37 x 30ins), 2500ihp, 207nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.0ins guns; 39 x depth charges |
History: | |
11/1918 | British Royal Navy |
15/11/1922 | Broken up |
Comments: | A member of the 24 Class, named after winning horses of the Epsom Derby |
They were designed to appear double ended to confuse U-Boats | |
15/11/1922: Sold for breaking up to Ferguson Muir | |
NOTE: Engine details above are as for sister MINORU |
Above photo is for illustration and shows sister ship SIR BEVIS. Photo copyright of The Imperial War Museum