&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Orpheus_H28_(1916)_RMG_N02472.jpg) Sister ship HMS Orpheus in 1918
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Opportune |
| Ordered | November 1914 |
| Builder | Doxford, Sunderland |
| Launched | 20 November 1915 |
| Completed | June 1916 |
| Out of service | 7 December 1923 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 265 ft 8 in (80.98 m) p.p. |
| Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 knots (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph) |
| Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 76 |
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HMS Opportune was an Admiralty M-class destroyer which served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the previous L-class, capable of higher speed. The vessel was launched on 20 November 1915 and joined the Grand Fleet. Opportune spent much of the war involved in anti-submarine warfare. The ship took part in large patrols to seek out submarines which involved entire flotillas and also acted as an escort for convoys. After the Armistice that marked the end of the First World War, the destroyer was transferred to Portsmouth and placed in reserve. After a brief spell as a remote controlled target to test how warships responded to attacks by aircraft, Opportune was decommissioned and, on 7 December 1923, sold to be broken up.