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Name: OSIRIS
Type: Destroyer
Keel:
Launched: 28/09/1916
Completed: 14/02/1917
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 862
Dimensions: 994disp - 1042disp, 265.0 x 26.5 x 8.8(draft)ft
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines, 25000shp
Engines by: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 3 x Screws, 34.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 3 x 1 x 4.0ins, 3 x 1 x 2pdr guns, 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes
History:
14/02/1917 British Royal Navy
09/05/1921 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Admiralty M Class of destroyers
09/05/1921: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd at Rainham


Above photo of sister ORIOLE is courtesy of Photoship