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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 Orion-class battleship launched in 1910 and sold in 1922.
HMS Orion (85) was a Leander-class 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

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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-Eight ships of the [[Britain|British]] [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Orion''''', after the hunter [[Orion (mythology)|Orion]] of [[Greek mythology]].
+{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
+Seven ships of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Orion''''', after the hunter [[Orion (mythology)|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.
+* [[French submarine Orion|''Orion'']] was a French [[submarine]] seized in 1940, laid up until 1943 and then broken up.
+== Battle honours ==
-* The first [[HMS Orion (1787)|''Orion'']] was a 74-gun [[ship of the line]] launched in [[1787]] and broken up in [[1814]].  She fought in the [[Battle of the Nile]].
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+* [[Glorious First of June|First of June 1794]]
+* [[Battle of Groix|Groix Island 1795]]
+* [[Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)|St Vincent 1797]]
+* [[Battle of the Nile|Nile 1801]]
+* [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar 1805]]
+* [[Crimean War#Baltic theatre|Baltic 1855]]
+* [[Battle of Jutland|Jutland 1916]]
+* [[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic 1939]]
+* [[Battle of Calabria|Calabria 1940]]
+* [[Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II|Mediterranean 1940-44]]
+* [[Malta Convoys|Malta Convoys 1941]]
+* [[Battle of Cape Matapan|Matapan 1941]]
+* [[Battle of Greece|Greece 1941]]
+* [[Battle of Crete|Crete 1941]]
+* [[Allied invasion of Sicily|Sicily 1943]]
+* [[Allied invasion of Italy|Salerno 1943]]
+* [[Dodecanese Campaign|Aegean 1944]]
+* [[Operation Shingle|Anzio 1944]]
+* [[Operation Neptune|Normandy 1944]]
+* [[Operation Dragoon|South France 1944]]
+{{div col end}}
+==See also==
-* The second [[HMS Orion (1854)|''Orion'']] was an 80-gun screw ship in service from [[1854]] to [[1867]].
+* {{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==
-* The third [[HMS Orion (1879)|''Orion'']] was an armoured [[corvette]] purchased from [[Turkey]] and launched in [[1879]], renamed or ''Orontes'' in [[1909]], and sold in [[1913]].
+* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
+{{Ship index}}
-* The fourth ''Orion'' was a [[cruiser]] projected in [[1904]] but never built.
+{{Italic title prefixed|3}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Orion, Hms}}
-* The fifth [[HMS Orion (1910)|''Orion'']] was a [[battleship]] in service from [[1910]] to [[1922]].
+[[Category:Royal Navy ship names]]
-* The sixth [[HMS Orion (85)|''Orion'' (85)]] was a [[light cruiser]] launched in [[1932]] and sold in [[1949]].
-* The seventh [[HMS Orion (1940)|''Orion'']] was a French [[submarine]] captured in [[1940]].
-* The eighth [[HMS Orion (1974)|''Orion'']] was a [[submarine]] in service from [[1974]] to [[1996]].
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-[[Category:Royal Navy ship names|Orion]]