HMS Isis (D87)

	An aerial view of HMS Isis underway during the Second World War
History
United Kingdom
Name	Isis
Namesake	Isis
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	6 February 1936
Launched	12 November 1936
Commissioned	2 June 1937
Identification	Pennant number: D87, I87
Fate	Sunk by a mine off Normandy, 20 July 1944
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	I-class destroyer
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t) (standard); 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) (deep load);
Length	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 34,000 shp (25,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns; 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 16 depth charges;
Service record
Operations:	Battle of Greece (1941)
Victories:	Sank German submarine U-562 (1943)

HMS Isis was one of nine I-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.

History
An aerial view of HMS Isis underway during the Second World War
United Kingdom
Name	Isis
Namesake	Isis
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	6 February 1936
Launched	12 November 1936
Commissioned	2 June 1937
Identification	Pennant number: D87, I87
Fate	Sunk by a mine off Normandy, 20 July 1944
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	I-class destroyer
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t) (standard) 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) (deep load)
Length	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 16 depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Battle of Greece (1941)
Victories:	Sank German submarine U-562 (1943)