HMS ``Orion`` has been the name of several naval ships from different countries. ==British Navy== Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ``Orion``, after the hunter Orion of Greek mythology: ===Battle honours=== (First) (Second) (Fifth) (Sixth) ==Swedish Navy== ...
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[1787] HMS Orion was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 1 June 1787 to the design of the {sclass|Canada|ship of the line|0}, by William Bately. She took part in all the major actions of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars under a series of distinguished captains. In 1794 she fought at th...
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[1854] HMS ``Orion was a 91-gun Hood-class second rate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1854 and was the second of six ships to carry the name. ==Service== Orion was ordered as an 80-gun second rate on 30 March 1848 and laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 1 February 1850. With the advent of steam propulsion in warship design, Orion was r...
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[1879] HMS ``Orion was a {sclass|Belleisle|battleship} of the Victorian Royal Navy. Originally constructed for the Ottoman Empire, and called Bourdjou-Zaffer``, she was purchased by the British Government before completion. She was designed by the Ottoman naval architect Ahmed Pasha and built by Samuda Brothers at Cubitt Town, London under ...
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[1910] HMS ``Orion`` was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1910, she was the lead ship of her class; she was the first so-called `super-dreadnought`, being the first British dreadnought to mount guns of calibre greater than twelve inches, and the first British dreadnought to have all of its main armament mounted on the...
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[85] HMS ``Orion was a Leander``-class light cruiser which served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II. She received 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by HMS Warspite, and matched by two others. ==History== She was built by Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K), Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK). Orion was com...
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