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'''HMS ''Oribi'' (G66) ''' was an [[O and P class destroyer|O-class]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. Following the style of her sister ships she was named with a word beginning with O. Originally she was to have been christened HMS ''Observer'', but for unknown reasons she was christened HMS ''Oribi'', after the [[oribi]], a |
'''HMS ''Oribi'' (G66) ''' was an [[O and P class destroyer|O-class]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. Following the style of her sister ships she was named with a word beginning with O. Originally she was to have been christened HMS ''Observer'', but for unknown reasons she was christened HMS ''Oribi'', after the [[oribi]], a South African antelope. |
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She saw extensive action during the [[arctic convoys]] of the [[Second World War]]. |
She saw extensive action during the [[arctic convoys]] of the [[Second World War]]. |
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| Name | HMS Oribi |
| Ordered | 3 September 1939 |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland |
| Laid down | 15 January 1940 |
| Launched | 14 January 1941 |
| Commissioned | 5 July 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 1 January 1946 |
| Fate | Sold to Turkey[1] |
| History | |
 Turkey | |
| Name | Gayret |
| Acquired | 1946 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | O-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,540 long tons (1,560 t) |
| Length | 345 ft (105 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × Pearson geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29,828 kW) 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts |
| Speed | 37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h) |
| Range | 3,850 nmi (7,130 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Complement | 175 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 4 × single 4.7-inch guns • 1 × quad QF 2-pdr "pom-pom" • 6 × single 20 mm Oerlikon guns • 2 × quad 21 inches (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Oribi (G66) was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Following the style of her sister ships she was named with a word beginning with O. Originally she was to have been christened HMS Observer, but for unknown reasons she was christened HMS Oribi, after the oribi, a South African antelope.
She saw extensive action during the arctic convoys of the Second World War.
References
- ^ Ex-British O class destroyers at battleships-cruisers.co.uk
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