| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 76 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 18 Jun 1940 |
| Launched | 15 Oct 1940 |
| Commissioned | 29 Nov 1940 |
| Lost | 21 Aug 1944 |
| Loss position | |
| History | On 21 August 1944 HMS Orchis (A/T/Lt.Cdr. Bryan Webster Harris, DSC, RNVR) is severely damaged by a mine, and beached off 'Juno' Beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer, and subsequently declared a Constructive Total Loss (CTL). Commanding Officers: T/Lt. Henry Vernon, RNR Lt. Charles Edmund Keene, RCNVR Lt. Arthur Denis White, RNR T/Lt. Eric David Arthur Dyer, RCNVR A/T/Lt.Cdr. Bryan Webster Harris, RNVR |
Commands listed for HMS Orchis (K 76)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. Arthur Denis White, RNR | 12 Nov 1940 | 17 May 1941 | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Henry Vernon, RNR | 17 May 1941 | 5 Oct 1941 | |
| 3 | Lt. Charles Edmund Keene, RCNVR | 5 Oct 1941 | ??? | |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Arthur Denis White, RNR | ??? | 16 Mar 1943 | |
| 5 | T/Lt. Eric David Arthur Dyer, RCNVR | 16 Mar 1943 | 20 Oct 1943 | |
| 6 | T/Lt. Bryan Webster Harris, RNVR | 20 Oct 1943 | ??? | |
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Noteable events involving Orchis include:
6 May 1941
HMS Orchis (Lt. H. Vernon, RNR) picks up survivors from the British armed boarding vessel HMS Camito that was torpedoed the previous day by the German submarine U-97 in position 50º40'N, 21º30'W.
15 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-741 was sunk in the English Channel north-west of Le Havre, in position 50º20'84"N, 00º34'68"W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Orchis (A/T/Lt.Cdr. B.W. Harris, DSC, RNVR). (see map)