HMS Orion

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Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Orion, after the hunter Orion of Greek mythology:

  • {{HMS|Orion|1787}} was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1787 and broken up in 1814.
  • {{HMS|Orion|1854}} was an 80-gun second-rate screw ship launched in 1854 and broken up in 1867.
  • {{HMS|Orion|1879}} was an armoured corvette built for the Ottoman Empire but purchased by the Royal Navy in 1878 and launched in 1879. She was converted to a depot ship and renamed HMS Orontes in 1909, and was sold in 1913.
  • HMS Orion was to have been an armoured cruiser. She was projected in 1904 but never built.
  • {{HMS|Orion|1910}} was an {{sclass|Orion|battleship}} launched in 1910 and sold in 1922.
  • {{HMS|Orion|85}} was a {{sclass|Leander|cruiser (1931)|0}} light cruiser launched in 1932 and sold in 1949.
  • Orion was a French submarine seized in 1940, laid up until 1943 and then broken up.

Battle honours

See also

  • {{HSwMS|Orion}}, two ships of the Swedish Navy
  • {{HMAS|Orion}} was an {{sclass|Oberon|submarine}} of the Royal Australian Navy launched in 1974 and decommissioned and laid up in 1996.
  • {{ship||Orion|ship}}, various ships named Orion

References

  • {{Cite Colledge2006}}

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Category:Royal Navy ship names