&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Orpheus_H28_(1916)_RMG_N02472.jpg) Orpheus in 1918
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Orpheus |
| Namesake | Orpheus |
| Ordered | November 1914 |
| Builder | Doxford, Sunderland |
| Launched | 17 June 1916 |
| Completed | September 1916 |
| Out of service | 1 November 1921 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 265 ft (80.77 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 Orpheus was a Repeat 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 17 June 1916 and joined the Grand Fleet. Orpheus spent much of the war undertaking anti-submarine warfare patrols in the North Sea and escorting convoys across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1917, the destroyer was involved in a friendly fire incident with the British submarine J1. After the Armistice that marked the end of the First World War, the destroyer joined the Home Fleet. However, this role did not last long and the destroyer was deemed superfluous to requirements. Soon after, Orpheus was placed in reserve, decommissioned and, on 1 November 1921, sold to be broken up.