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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]].
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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]]
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==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}}


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* The fourth ''Orion'' was a [[cruiser]] projected in [[1904]] but never built.
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* The fifth [[HMS Orion (1910)|''Orion'']] was a [[battleship]] in service from [[1910]] to [[1922]].
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* 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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Latest revision as of 08:14, 19 July 2022

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

Battle honours

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See also

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References

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  • 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.