HMS Orwell (G98)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Orwell
Ordered	3 September 1939
Builder	Thornycroft (Southampton)
Laid down	20 May 1940
Launched	2 April 1942
Commissioned	17 October 1942
Identification	Pennant number G98
Fate	Broken up, 1965
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General characteristics
Class & type	O-class destroyer
Displacement	1,610 long tons (1,640 t) (standard)
Length	345 ft (105.2 m) (o/a)
Beam	35 ft (10.7 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 40,000 shp (29,828 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range	3,850 nmi (7,130 km; 4,430 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	176+
Armament	4 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) AA gun; 1 × quad 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA gun; 4 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 2 × depth charges throwers; 60 × mines;
General characteristics as Type 16 class
Class & type	Type 16 frigate
Displacement	1,800 long tons (1,800 t) standard; 2,300 long tons (2,300 t) full load;
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) o/a
Beam	37 ft 9 in (11.51 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; Steam turbines, 40,000 shp; 2 shafts;
Speed	32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) full load
Complement	175
Sensors &; processing systems	Type 293Q target indication Radar; Type 974 navigation Radar; Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF; Type 146B search Sonar; Type 147 depth finder Sonar; Type 162 target classification Sonar; Type 174 attack Sonar;
Armament	1 × twin QF 4-inch (102 mm) gun Mk XVI; 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.5; 5 × single 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.9; 2 × Squid A/S mortar; 1 × quad 21-inch (533 mm) tubes for Mk.9 torpedoes;
Service record
Operations	Battle of the Barents Sea (1942); Battle of North Cape (1943);

HMS Orwell was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that entered service in 1942 and was broken up in 1965.