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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Orestes</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Orestes" title="Orestes">Orestes</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>November 1914</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/William_Doxford_%26_Sons" title="William Doxford & Sons">Doxford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunderland" title="Sunderland">Sunderland</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>21 March 1916</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>October 1916</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>31 January 1921</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold to be <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">broken up</a></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,025 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (1,041 t) (<a href="/wiki/Normal_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal displacement">normal</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,250 long tons (1,270 t) (<a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">273 ft 4 in (83 m) (<a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">o.a.</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">265 ft (81 m) (<a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">p.p.</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>26 ft 9 in (8 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>8 ft 6 in (3 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>3 <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_boiler" title="Yarrow boiler">Yarrow boilers</a>, 25,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (19,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><a href="/wiki/John_Brown_%26_Company" title="John Brown & Company">Brown</a>-Curtis <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a>, 3 <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">shafts</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>34 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>3,450 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>80</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_4_inch_naval_gun_Mk_IV,_XII,_XXII" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII">QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">2-pdr 40 mm (1.6 in)</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">AA</a> gun</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × twin <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21 in (533 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Orestes</i></b> was a Repeat <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> which served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_during_the_First_World_War" title="Royal Navy during the First World War">Royal Navy during the First World War</a>. The M class were an improvement on the previous <a href="/wiki/L-class_destroyer_(1913)" class="mw-redirect" title="L-class destroyer (1913)">L-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>, capable of higher speed. The vessel was <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> on 21 March 1916 and joined the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a>. <i>Orestes</i> was involved in <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">seeking submarines</a> in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>, patrolling both independently and as part of large operations. The destroyer did not report any <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">submarines</a> destroyed, but did rescue the survivors from <a href="/wiki/Q-ship" title="Q-ship">Q-ship</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Privet_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Privet (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Privet</i></a> after that vessel had successfully sunk the submarine <a href="/wiki/SM_U-85" title="SM U-85"><i>U-85</i></a> in a duel in March 1917. Later in the war, the focus was turned to escorting merchant ships and the destroyer helped secure <a href="/wiki/Convoys_in_World_War_I" title="Convoys in World War I">convoys</a> that crossed the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918" title="Armistice of 11 November 1918">Armistice</a> that marked the end of the First World War, the destroyer was placed into <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)">reserve</a> until being, on 30 January 1921, <a href="/wiki/Ship_decommissioning" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship decommissioning">decommissioned</a> and sold to be <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">broken up</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orestes_(1916)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Orestes</i> was one of twenty-two Repeat <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> destroyers ordered by the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)" title="Admiralty (United Kingdom)">British Admiralty</a> in November 1914 as part of the Third War Construction Programme.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcBride199145_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcBride199145-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The M-class was an improved version of the earlier <a href="/wiki/L-class_destroyer_(1913)" class="mw-redirect" title="L-class destroyer (1913)">L-class</a> destroyers, required to reach a higher speed in order to counter rumoured German fast destroyers. The design was to achieve a speed of 36 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (67 <a href="/wiki/Kilometres_per_hour" title="Kilometres per hour">km/h</a>; 41 <a href="/wiki/Miles_per_hour" title="Miles per hour">mph</a>), although the destroyers did not achieve this in service. It transpired that the German ships did not exist but the greater performance was appreciated by the navy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009132_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009132-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Repeat M class differed from the prewar vessels in having a raked stem and design improvements based on wartime experience.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The destroyer had a length of 265 feet (81 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">between perpendiculars</a> and 273 feet 4 inches (83 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 26 feet 9 inches (8 m) and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 8 feet 6 inches (3 m) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>. <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">Displacement</a> was 1,025 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (1,041 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) <a href="/wiki/Normal_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal displacement">normal</a> and 1,250 long tons (1,270 t) deep load.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009298_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009298-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPreston198579_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPreston198579-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Power was provided by three <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_boiler" title="Yarrow boiler">Yarrow boilers</a> feeding <a href="/wiki/John_Brown_%26_Company" title="John Brown & Company">Brown</a>-Curtis <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a> rated at 25,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (19,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>) and driving three <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">shafts</a>, to give a design speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">funnels</a> were fitted and 296 long tons (301 t) of <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">oil</a> was carried, giving a design range of 3,450 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009298_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009298-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Armament consisted of three single <a href="/wiki/QF_4-inch_naval_gun_Mk_IV,_XII,_XXII" title="QF 4-inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII">QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV</a> guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the <a href="/wiki/Forecastle" title="Forecastle">forecastle</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Aft" class="mw-redirect" title="Aft">aft</a> on a raised platform and one between the middle and aft funnels on a bandstand. A single <a href="/wiki/QF_2-pounder_naval_gun" title="QF 2-pounder naval gun">QF 2-pounder 40 mm (1.6 in) "pom-pom"</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft</a> gun was carried, while <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedo</a> armament consisted of two twin mounts for <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21 in (533 mm) torpedoes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarch1966174_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarch1966174-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship had a <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_company" title="Ship's company">complement</a> of 80 officers and <a href="/wiki/Naval_rating" title="Naval rating">ratings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPreston198579_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPreston198579-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_career">Construction and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orestes_(1916)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">Laid down</a> by <a href="/wiki/William_Doxford_%26_Sons" title="William Doxford & Sons">William Doxford & Sons</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sunderland" title="Sunderland">Sunderland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/River_Wear" title="River Wear">River Wear</a>, <i>Orestes</i> was <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> on 21 March 1916 and completed during October that year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The destroyer was the sixth Royal Navy ship to be named after <a href="/wiki/Orestes" title="Orestes">Orestes</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Clytemnestra" title="Clytemnestra">Clytemnestra</a>, husband of <a href="/wiki/Hermione_(mythology)" title="Hermione (mythology)">Hermione</a>, and king of <a href="/wiki/Argos,_Peloponnese" title="Argos, Peloponnese">Argos</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEManningWalker1959325_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEManningWalker1959325-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColledgeWarlow2006251_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColledgeWarlow2006251-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrantHazel2004244_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrantHazel2004244-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vessel was deployed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a>, joining the <a href="/wiki/14th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="14th Destroyer Flotilla">Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla</a> based at <a href="/wiki/Scapa_Flow" title="Scapa Flow">Scapa Flow</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Orestes</i> was soon in action and, on 10 November 1916, joined <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ship</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Partridge_(1916)" title="HMS Partridge (1916)"><i>Partridge</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Caroline_(1914)" title="HMS Caroline (1914)"><i>Caroline</i></a> in a search for the German merchant ship SS <i>Brandenburg</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._13192145_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._13192145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The destroyer was subsequently deployed in <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> based at the naval base in <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Portsmouth" title="HMNB Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>. On 1 February 1917, <i>Orestes</i> started to patrol off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> in response to a sighting of the <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/SM_U-55" title="SM U-55">SM <i>U-55</i></a>, which was deemed a threat to shipping. Fifteen days later, the destroyer attacked the <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/SM_UC-65" title="SM UC-65"><i>UC-65</i></a>, but the enemy boat escaped unscathed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._341933223,_242_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._341933223,_242-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patrols continued in the English Channel into the next month, but no further contact with submarines was made.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._341933338_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._341933338-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 March, the destroyer rescued survivors from <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Privet_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Privet (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Privet</i></a> after the <a href="/wiki/Q-ship" title="Q-ship">Q-ship</a> had duelled with <a href="/wiki/SM_U-85" title="SM U-85"><i>U-85</i></a> and both had been fatally damaged. The destroyer attempted to tow the stricken ship but was unsuccessful and <i>Privet</i> sank off <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Sound" title="Plymouth Sound">Plymouth Sound</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChatterton1922171_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChatterton1922171-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Increasingly, patrols had not provided the security needed to shipping and the Admiralty redeployed the destroyers of the Grand Fleet to focus on the more effective <a href="/wiki/Convoys_in_World_War_I" title="Convoys in World War I">convoy</a> model.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENewbolt1928383_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENewbolt1928383-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 29 March, <i>Orestes</i> was one of only three left patrolling the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> seeking submarines.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._341933345,_348_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._341933345,_348-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 June, the vessel, along with the rest of the flotilla, was involved in a large sweep of the area west of the <a href="/wiki/Shetland_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Shetland Islands">Shetland Islands</a> searching for submarines, although <i>Orestes</i> was attached to the <a href="/wiki/11th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="11th Destroyer Flotilla">Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla</a>. The destroyer did not sight any submarines.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._351939163_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._351939163-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterwards, the destroyer was transferred to the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station at <a href="/wiki/Buncrana" title="Buncrana">Buncrana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This allowed the destroyer to support the <a href="/wiki/Convoys_in_World_War_I" title="Convoys in World War I">convoys</a> travelling across the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> from the American industrial complex at <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._351939245_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._351939245-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The harsh conditions of wartime operations, particularly the combination of high speed and the poor weather that is typical of the North Sea, exacerbated by the fact that the hull was not <a href="/wiki/Galvanization" title="Galvanization">galvanised</a>, meant that the destroyer soon worn out from such service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPreston198580_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPreston198580-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918" title="Armistice of 11 November 1918">armistice</a>, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of service and <i>Orestes</i> was declared superfluous to operational requirements. The destroyer was initially transferred back to Portsmouth on 17 October 1919 and placed in <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)">reserve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this did not last long as the navy needed to reduce both the number of ships and the amount of staff to save money.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMoretz200279_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMoretz200279-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Orestes</i> was <a href="/wiki/Ship_decommissioning" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship decommissioning">decommissioned</a> and, on 30 January 1921, sold to W. & A.T. Burdon to be <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">broken up</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColledgeWarlow2006251_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColledgeWarlow2006251-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pennant_numbers">Pennant numbers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orestes_(1916)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pennant numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant Number</a> </th> <th>Date </th></tr> <tr> <td>G33</td> <td>September 1915<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDittmarColledge197266_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDittmarColledge197266-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>G61</td> <td>January 1917<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202164_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202164-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>G60</td> <td>January 1918<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202164_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202164-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>D56</td> <td>November 1918<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202138_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202138-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>H74</td> <td>January 1919<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202175_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202175-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orestes_(1916)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orestes_(1916)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcBride199145-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcBride199145_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcBride1991">McBride 1991</a>, p. 45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009132-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009132_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFriedman2009">Friedman 2009</a>, p. 132.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFParkesPrendergast1969">Parkes & Prendergast 1969</a>, p. 109.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009298-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009298_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a 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(1915)"><i>Maenad</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mameluke_(1915)" title="HMS Mameluke (1915)"><i>Mameluke</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mindful_(1915)" title="HMS Mindful (1915)"><i>Mindful</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Nessus_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Nessus (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Nessus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Magic_(1915)" title="HMS Magic (1915)"><i>Magic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Minion_(1915)" title="HMS Minion (1915)"><i>Minion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Opal_(1915)" title="HMS Opal (1915)"><i>Opal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Manners_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Manners (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Manners</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Marvel_(1915)" title="HMS Marvel (1915)"><i>Marvel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mary_Rose_(1915)" title="HMS Mary Rose (1915)"><i>Mary Rose</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ossory_(1915)" title="HMS Ossory (1915)"><i>Ossory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Mischief_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Mischief (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Mischief</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Menace_(1915)" title="HMS Menace (1915)"><i>Menace</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Moresby" title="HMS Moresby"><i>Moresby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Opportune_(1915)" title="HMS Opportune (1915)"><i>Opportune</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Munster" title="HMS Munster"><i>Munster</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Noble_(1915)" title="HMS Noble (1915)"><i>Noble</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Napier_(1915)" title="HMS Napier (1915)"><i>Napier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Onslaught_(1915)" title="HMS Onslaught (1915)"><i>Onslaught</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nonsuch_(1915)" title="HMS Nonsuch (1915)"><i>Nonsuch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nestor_(1915)" title="HMS Nestor (1915)"><i>Nestor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Oracle_(1915)" title="HMS Oracle (1915)"><i>Oracle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Narwhal_(1915)" title="HMS Narwhal (1915)"><i>Narwhal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nepean_(1916)" title="HMS Nepean (1916)"><i>Nepean</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nicator_(1916)" title="HMS Nicator (1916)"><i>Nicator</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nomad" title="HMS Nomad"><i>Nomad</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Onslow_(1916)" title="HMS Onslow (1916)"><i>Onslow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nereus_(1916)" title="HMS Nereus (1916)"><i>Nereus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Narborough_(1916)" title="HMS Narborough (1916)"><i>Narborough</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pigeon_(1916)" title="HMS Pigeon (1916)"><i>Pigeon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Plover_(1916)" title="HMS Plover (1916)"><i>Plover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Partridge_(1916)" title="HMS Partridge (1916)"><i>Partridge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Medina_(1916)" title="HMS Medina (1916)"><i>Medina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pelican_(1916)" title="HMS Pelican (1916)"><i>Pelican</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Norman_(1916)" title="HMS Norman (1916)"><i>Norman</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Orestes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Petard_(1916)" title="HMS Petard (1916)"><i>Petard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Paladin_(1916)" title="HMS Paladin (1916)"><i>Paladin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nizam_(1916)" title="HMS Nizam (1916)"><i>Nizam</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Penn_(1916)" title="HMS Penn (1916)"><i>Penn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pasley_(1916)" title="HMS Pasley (1916)"><i>Pasley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Medway_(1916)" title="HMS Medway (1916)"><i>Medway</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Orford_(1916)" title="HMS Orford (1916)"><i>Orford</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Plucky_(1916)" title="HMS Plucky (1916)"><i>Plucky</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Observer_(1916)" title="HMS Observer (1916)"><i>Observer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Peyton_(1916)" title="HMS Peyton (1916)"><i>Peyton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pellew_(1916)" title="HMS Pellew (1916)"><i>Pellew</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nonpareil_(1916)" title="HMS Nonpareil (1916)"><i>Nonpareil</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Peregrine_(1916)" title="HMS Peregrine (1916)"><i>Peregrine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Offa_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Offa (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Offa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Orpheus_(1916)" title="HMS Orpheus (1916)"><i>Orpheus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Octavia_(1916)" title="HMS Octavia (1916)"><i>Octavia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Parthian_(1916)" title="HMS Parthian (1916)"><i>Parthian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Northesk_(2)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Northesk (2) (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Northesk</i> (2)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Oriole_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Oriole (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Oriole</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Portia_(1916)" title="HMS Portia (1916)"><i>Portia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Norseman_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Norseman (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Norseman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Osiris_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Osiris (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Osiris</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Oberon_(1916)" title="HMS Oberon (1916)"><i>Oberon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orcadia_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Orcadia (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Orcadia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Oriana_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Oriana (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Oriana</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ophelia" title="HMS Ophelia"><i>Ophelia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pheasant_(1916)" title="HMS Pheasant (1916)"><i>Pheasant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Obedient_(1916)" title="HMS Obedient (1916)"><i>Obedient</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_North_Star_(1916)" title="HMS North Star (1916)"><i>North Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Phoebe_(1916)" title="HMS Phoebe (1916)"><i>Phoebe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Obdurate_(1916)" title="HMS Obdurate (1916)"><i>Obdurate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nugent" title="HMS Nugent"><i>Nugent</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_M-class_destroyer" title="Hawthorn M-class destroyer">Hawthorn M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mentor_(1914)" title="HMS Mentor (1914)"><i>Mentor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mansfield_(1914)" title="HMS Mansfield (1914)"><i>Mansfield</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_M-class_destroyer" title="Thornycroft M-class destroyer">Thornycroft M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Meteor_(1914)" title="HMS Meteor (1914)"><i>Meteor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mastiff_(1914)" title="HMS Mastiff (1914)"><i>Mastiff</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patriot_(1916)" title="HMS Patriot (1916)"><i>Patriot</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patrician_(1916)" title="HMS Patrician (1916)"><i>Patrician</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rapid_(1916)" title="HMS Rapid (1916)"><i>Rapid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ready_(1916)" title="HMS Ready (1916)"><i>Ready</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow M-class destroyer">Yarrow M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Miranda_(1914)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Miranda (1914) (page does not exist)"><i>Miranda</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Minos_(1914)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Minos (1914) (page does not exist)"><i>Minos</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Manly_(1914)" title="HMS Manly (1914)"><i>Manly</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Moon_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Moon (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Moon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Morning_Star_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Morning Star (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Morning Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mounsey_(1915)" title="HMS Mounsey (1915)"><i>Mounsey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Musketeer_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Musketeer (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Musketeer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Nerissa_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Nerissa (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Nerissa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Relentless_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Relentless (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Relentless</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Rival_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Rival (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Rival</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_Later_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow Later M-class destroyer">Yarrow Later M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Sabrina_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Sabrina (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Sabrina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Strongbow_(1916)" title="HMS Strongbow (1916)"><i>Strongbow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Surprise_(1916)" title="HMS Surprise (1916)"><i>Surprise</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Sybille_(1917)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Sybille (1917) (page does not exist)"><i>Sybille</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Truculent_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Truculent (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Truculent</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Tyrant_(1917)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Tyrant (1917) (page does not exist)"><i>Tyrant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ulleswater_(1917)" title="HMS Ulleswater (1917)"><i>Ulleswater</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_M-class_destroyer" title="Thornycroft M-class destroyer">Thornycroft M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patriot_(1916)" title="HMS Patriot (1916)"><i>Patriot</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patrician_(1916)" title="HMS Patrician (1916)"><i>Patrician</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Laforey-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="Laforey-class destroyer (1913)"><i>Laforey</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">R class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy">List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div 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