| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | O |
| Pennant | G 66 |
| Built by | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 3 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 15 Jan 1940 |
| Launched | 14 Jan 1941 |
| Commissioned | 5 Jul 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred to Turkey in 1946 being renamed Gayret. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. John Charles Anthony Ingram, RN Lt. Disney Mainwaring Vaughan-Hughes, RN Lt. Cdr. Robert Sydney Hopper, DSC, RN HMS Oribi is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | HMS Observer |
Commands listed for HMS Oribi (G 66)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Edwin Home McBeath, DSO, RN | 1 May 1941 | 23 Feb 1943 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Charles Anthony Ingram, RN | 23 Feb 1943 | 19 Sep 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. Disney Mainwaring Vaughan-Hughes, RN | 19 Sep 1944 | 24 Apr 1945 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Sydney Hopper, DSC, RN | 24 Apr 1945 | Jul 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Oribi include:
6 May 1943
The German submarine U-125 was sunk east of Newfoundland, in position 52º30'N, 45º20'W, by ramming by the British destroyer HMS Oribi (Lt.Cdr. J.C.A. Ingram, RN) and gunfire from the British corvette HMS Snowflake (Lt. H.G. Chesterman, RNR). (see map)