HMS Isis (D87)

Coordinates: 49°27′N 0°41′W / 49.450°N 0.683°W / 49.450; -0.683
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Isis.

An aerial view of HMS Isis underway during the Second World War
History
United Kingdom
NameIsis
NamesakeIsis
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down6 February 1936
Launched12 November 1936
Commissioned2 June 1937
IdentificationPennant number: D87, I87
FateSunk by a mine off Normandy, 20 July 1944
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeI-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,370
    standard
    )
  • 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) (
    deep load
    )
Length323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power
  • 3
    Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 34,000 
    kW
    )
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement145
Sensors and
processing systems
ASDIC
Armament
Service record
Operations:
Battle of Greece
(1941)
Victories: Sank German submarine U-562 (1943)

HMS Isis was one of nine I-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.

Description

The I-class ships were improved versions of the preceding

kW) and were intended to give a maximum speed of 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph).[1] Isis reached a speed of 35.3 knots (65.4 km/h; 40.6 mph) from 33,849 shp (25,241 kW) during her sea trials.[2] The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew numbered 145 officers and ratings.[1]

The ships mounted four

ASDIC sound detection system to locate submarines underwater.[5]

Construction and career

Isis, named for the Egyptian goddess, was

evacuation of Greece in April 1941. On 19 February 1943 she and the escort destroyer HMS Hursley and a Vickers Wellington medium bomber attacked and sank the German submarine U-562 in the Mediterranean Sea north-east of Benghazi
.

Isis was hit in 1941 off Beirut, Lebanon after the Battle of Crete. She pursued two Vichy French destroyers which escaped. A Junkers Ju 88 aircraft then attacked and severely damaged her. Hero attempted to tow her to Haifa, Palestine. The tow rope snapped, however the engines were restarted and she successfully reached Haifa.

Isis struck a mine and sank on 20 July 1944 at the position 49°27′N 0°41′W / 49.450°N 0.683°W / 49.450; -0.683 in channel 'T' off the western sector of the

Normandy landing beaches.[6][7] She was the last interwar standard destroyer lost in the war, with eleven officers and 143 ratings lost.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lenton, p. 161
  2. ^ March, p. 315
  3. ^ Whitley, p. 111
  4. ^ English, p. 141
  5. ^ Hodges & Friedman, p. 16
  6. ^ HMS Isis (D 87) of the I class uboat.net
  7. ^ HMS Isis - Casualty Search
  8. ^ English, pp. 124–125

Bibliography

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  • ISBN 1-86176-137-6
    .
  • Hodges, Peter & Friedman, Norman (1979). Destroyer Weapons of World War 2. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press.
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  • ISBN 1-55750-048-7
    .
  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service.
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49°27′N 0°41′W / 49.450°N 0.683°W / 49.450; -0.683

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