HMS Orchis information

	Underway in the River Clyde, December 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Orchis
Builder	Harland and Wolff
Yard number	1075
Laid down	18 June 1940
Launched	15 October 1940
Completed	29 November 1940
Commissioned	29 November 1940
Identification	Pennant number: K76
Fate	Mined off Juno Beach 21 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons
Length	205 ft (62 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Propulsion	1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers; Single shaft; 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW);
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	90
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × Type 271 radar from March 1941; 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar;
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX gun; 2 × Vickers .50 cal machine gun (twin); 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin); 2 × Mk.II Depth charge throwers; 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges;
Service record
Operations:	Battle of the Atlantic

HMS Orchis was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy during World War II.

^ ^a ^b ^c McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780752488615.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Brown (1995), p. 178
^ Macintyre, Donald, CAPT RN "Shipborne Radar" United States Naval Institute Proceedings September 1967 p. 80

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