HMS Isis (D87)

	An aerial view of HMS Isis underway during the Second World War
History
United Kingdom
Name	Isis
Namesake	Isis
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	6 February 1936
Launched	12 November 1936
Commissioned	2 June 1937
Identification	Pennant number: D87, I87
Fate	Sunk by a mine off Normandy, 20 July 1944
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	I-class destroyer
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t) (standard); 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) (deep load);
Length	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 34,000 shp (25,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns; 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 16 depth charges;
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.

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