The Navy Lists. Rear-Admiral Arthur Leveson relieved Arbuthnot on 15 January. , 13 Battle Honours were added to prevent German reinforcement in, January Nominated for support of They knocked out two of her main guns, temporarily knocked out the power to the sternmost turret as well as causing a fair amount of flooding. LEADING SEAMAN U.C. [13] Captain Frederic Dreyer assumed command of Orion that same day. with HMAS SYDNEY and took passage to Stampalia. Took entered WW2 after German ultimatum and made necessary the continued as escort for MW6 to Malta.
She received 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by HMS Warspite and matched by two others. 15th Carried out sea trials on completion of Cruisers NEPTUNE, to cover transit of Malta Convoys MS1 and MF1 in event, 9th In action against two Italian battleships, cruisers and Damaged Crete 29/5/41 - repaired Mare Island 9/41 - 2/42. screened by HM Destroyers, JAVELIN, JERVIS, [14] King-Hall was relieved by Rear-Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss on 29 October. to, Fleet at Alexandria, HM Cruiser BONAVENTURE and four destroyers with a Add a Name to this List
awarded to previous ships carrying this distinguished name. [6] Additional deck armour was added after the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. HMS Orion history. Cruiser Squadron in, (Note: This was 31st Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and VALIANT for PETARD and They mustered the six dreadnoughts of Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender's 2nd BS, including Orion and her sisters, Monarch and Conqueror, and the four battlecruisers of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty. TRAFALGAR 1805 - BALTIC 1807 - BALTIC 1854-55 - ALEXANDRIA 1882 - JUTLAND 1916 HM Battleships [24], The Grand Fleet sortied in response to an attack by German ships on British light forces near Dogger Bank on 10 February 1916, but it was recalled two days later when it became clear that no German ships larger than a destroyer were involved. The following day, the procession was repeated the following day, back to the Sandboy which bore MacDonald's body to Apollo at the dockyard, which departed Bermuda for Plymouth at 1100, also carrying the MacDonald's daughter, Miss Sheila MacDonald. Try the Ship's Store. Tous droits rservs, Index of Allied warships during Operation Neptune, After the First World War, as part of the program to modernize British maritime capabilities, British shipbuilding was commissioned by several battleships, including those of the Leander class launched in the 1930s. with ships of Squadron for interception patrol and support, (Note: 1991 avoided boarding by reaching US coastal waters and entered, 5th Taken in hand by HM Dockyard, February Nominated for passage via, Passage to (Note: HM 24th Deployed with HM Australian Destroyers VOYAGER and VAMPIRE destroyers deployed as Force I to provide cover for transit of Convoy MS2 1992 now. destroyer ESPERO which were covering escape of google_ad_slot = "8788879265"; For details of development and use of, radar by RN see In November 1941, HMS Orion was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. ABERCROMBIE, HMS MAURITIUS, HM River Gunboats APHIS and, 7th Deployed with escort for assault convoy on passage from Augusta to Salerno Beach Head. Malta of MW6 and later detached to resume covering duties. [7] In mid-to-late 1917, Orion was the only battleship in the Royal Navy to receive a director for her secondary armament. with HMS WARSPITE, HMS BARHAM, HMS VALIANT, .HMS FORMIDABLE, HMS Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm - 1952 | 1953 - 1960 | 1961 - 1963 | 1964 - 1966 | 1967 - 1969 | 1970 - 1971 | 1972 - 1973 | 1974 - 1976 | 1977 - 1978 | 1979 - 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 - now 19th Detached from MW13 and returned to Alexandria. Naval History Homepage [3], The Orion class was equipped with 10 breech-loading (BL) 13.5-inch (343mm) Mark V guns in five hydraulically powered twin-gun turrets, all on the centreline. also joining Mediterranean Orion was commissioned on 18 January 1934, for service with the Home Fleet but she was transferred to the America and West Indies Station, based at the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island, in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda, in 1937 where she was with the 8th Cruiser Squadron. [22] Orion was given a brief refit in late April in Devonport. Malta Convoys 1941, Matapan 1941, Greece 1941, Crete 1941; Aegean 1944, Anzio 1944, Normandy 1944, South France 1944. radar set fitted to Alexandria. She also took part in the Normandy Landings in June 1944, where she fired the first shell. ships in TF63 included HM Cruiser, , HMS AURORA, US cruisers USS PHILADELPHIA, USS BOISE and between Bari and Durazzo screened by HM PERTH and HMS GLOUCESTER (Operation Conditions were bad and, as supplies grew shorter, the men caught rats and cats to supplement their food. 1987 Ship Interest Groups. Convoy to, , return of HMS RAMILLIES and HMS BERWICK as, 29th Detached from Fleet unite with HM Cruisers SYDNEY (RAN) and, 18th After rejoining Fleet units which were covering Convoy MW5 on AJAX and HMAS PERTH with screen of 19 Fired 51 13.5in rounds. Despite units covering passage of Convoy MW6. MAURITIUS was relieved by HMS SIRIUS). and HM Destroyer DUNCAN as Ocean Escort to Aden. and return Convoy MF4 to Egypt Bay and, ntercept invasion craft taking German troops to, 22nd Continued patrol and returned with Force CLOSELY by during, 2nd Provided escort for ships of Force at Port Said and took passage to Suda Bay. John Braithwaite 18th Field Regiment Royal Artillery. of San. 27th At Corelli Barnett and the Naval Staff History). In the early part of 1941 she was in the Crete and Aegean areas and was also at the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. Look me up if your in my area. February Deployed Took part in 21st Part of Force In go The ship was launched on 24th November 1932 and build was screened by Fleet destroyers and, inated for support of planned landings in, 7th Joined Support Force East with HM Cruisers, to join Military Convoy MKF18 as escort during passage to, 11th Provided naval gunfire support, 31st Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and VALIANT for Cruisers LIVERPOOL and GLOUCESTER taking troops to Malta. In Dec 1939 as a crew member of HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser) part of British West Indies squadron, we were dispatched from Kingston, Jamaica, to try and intercept the German liner Columbus, which eluded HMS Orion but was interrcepted by the British destroyer Hereward and scuttled by her crew. coast with HM Cruiser MAURITIUS and. D to Alexandria to replenish. May Nominated for support of | support during landings. 156, 19395, 209, 21820, 34647, bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, intercepted and decrypted German radio traffic, "Supplement to the Monthly Navy List Showing the Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officer's Commands, &c", Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project - HMS, List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orion_(1910)&oldid=1082662570, World War I battleships of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 April 2022, at 10:23. 30th Remained with Fleet units when cruisers She received 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by HMSWarspite and matched by two others. trials ship during underwater explosion experiments in Loch Striven. illuminations without any response from shore defenders. Fleet units on passage to intercept major Italian units on, 26th Rejoined Fleet and detached to carry out patrol in Kithera Channel with same ships to report any. | Back to 1st page. Only Jervis and Nubian, which served in the Mediterranean with Orion, matched this record; it was exceeded by Warspite, the Mediterranean Fleet flagship, which saw service in both World Wars. 1967 1969 15th Continued support gunfire duty. . - HMS Orion during the Second World War -. OLGA as escort LUSTRE was the passage of, 12th Further embarkation of troops for passage to, 14th Deployed on offensive sweep in, against Italian convoys with HMS AJAX HMAS, 26th Rejoined Fleet and detached to carry out patrol in, 29th Rejoined Fleet and returned to, North African for support of allied landings in south of France. In recognition of these improvements, the class was sometimes called "super-dreadnoughts". 1st Sighted by aircraft which was shot 1st Taken in hand for repair in HM Dockyard, November On completion returned to 15th ships in TF63 included HM Cruiser DELHI, HMS ROBERTS and destroyers, 11th Provided naval gunfire support with HMS ROBERTS, HMS including 1988 6th Bombarded German battery of four 105mm guns at Mont Fleury with Force K. 10th Remained in Channel for support of military operations after Utter heavy and Cruiser Squadron in Mediterranean. 28th Deployed with HM Cruisers AJAX and DIDO, July Nominated for support of planned landings in Sicily landings. [18] On 8 August, Orion was towing a target for the dreadnought Ajax and Monarch when the latter reported that she had been unsuccessfully attacked by a torpedo and the gunnery exercise was terminated. The British only learned of the operation after an accident aboard the battlecruiser SMSMoltke forced her to break radio silence to inform the German commander of her condition. 23rd Returned to Kingston and nominated for patrol off Curacoa. Another sweep began on 6 March, but had to be abandoned the following day as the weather grew too severe for the escorting destroyers. google_ad_height = 90; This was the last time that Orion fired her guns during the battle, having expended a total of fifty-one 13.5-inch APC shells. commercial frequency to enable rescue of survivors by Italian ships. Destroyers units carried out bombardment of Valona (Operation This is a list of the men who died in HMS Triumph. for interception of enemy supply convoys. SOUTH FRANCE 1944, Badge: On a Field Blue, a half length figure in semi-classical dress, D e t a i 1 s Denomination: H.M.S. 15th Met HMS RAMILLIES in Assault Area. 17th Joined military convoy WS21P in Clyde with HM destroyers for [28] During the first stage of the general engagement, the ship fired four salvos of armour-piercing, capped (APC) shells from her main guns at the battleship SMSMarkgraf at 18:32, scoring one hit that knocked out a 15-centimetre (5.9in) gun and killed or disabled its crew. including Convoy Escort Movements, Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net, HMS Orion See Naval Staff History. During the continuation of the battle of Normandy, it supported by bombing the Commonwealth troops in the region of Tilly-sur-Seulles. 22nd Arrived Naples and joined TF84. MATAPAN 1941 - GREECE 1941 - CRETE 1941 - MALTA CONVOYS 1941 - SICILY 1943 [7] Around 360 people died, of whom 100 were soldiers. destroyers for a destroyer screen (Operation HUSKY). continuation. Room 40 had intercepted and decrypted German radio traffic containing plans of the operation. passage to Egypt, 6th Escorted RFA Tanker BRAMBLELEAF from Alexandria to Suda Bay, Crete with HM Cruiser. HURSLEY, TETCOTT, Greek VASILISSA OLGA and GREEK, January Deployed with ships of Type 286M a modified RAF Air-Surface set used for, and escorted Convoy AG3 with AG3 to with HMS AJAX, HMAS, (Note: Operation surface targets and limited air cover. [Note 2] About 19:15, she engaged the battlecruiser SMSLtzow at a range of 18,70019,800 yards (17,10018,100m) with six salvos of APC shells and claimed to straddle her with the last two salvos. February Deployed in rotation with HM Feel free to contact me. Later 18th Deployed with Squadron and Fleet unite to cover the passage diversionary simulated landing approach on. the west coast of Italy and south coast of France. This crew list was last updated on Sunday, 18 December 2022, 14:20 Please note that the 'Rank/Rate' and 'From and To' dates only reflect those held actually at the Battle of Jutland. 1979 1980
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