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

  • The second Orion was an 80-gun screw ship in service from 1854 to 1867.
  • The third Orion was an armoured corvette built for the Ottoman Empire but purchased by the Royal Navy before her launch in 1879. Converted to a depot ship and renamed Orontes in 1909 the vessel was sold in 1913.

The Royal Swedish Navy operates an HMS Orion, a signals intelligence gathering vessel on behalf of the Swedish National Defence Radio Establishment.[1]

Battle Honours

(First)

  • First of June 1794, Groix Island 1795, St Vincent 1797, Nile 1801, Trafalgar 1805;

(Second)

  • Baltic 1855;

(Fifth)

  • Jutland 1916;

(Sixth)

  • Atlantic 1939;
  • Calabria 1940, Mediterranean 1940-43-44;
  • Malta Convoys 1941, Matapan 1941, Greece 1941, Crete 1941;
  • Sicily 1943, Salerno 1943;
  • Aegean 1944, Anzio 1944, Normandy 1944, South France 1944.


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.
  • A.E. Weightman : Crests and Badges of H.M. Ships (1957) ISBN (none)

Footnotes