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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Orion''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Orion''" nat=UK> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward de Faye Renouf|nick=Edward de F. Renouf|appt=January, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Eric J. P. Brind|appt=March, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Richard George Kinahan|nick=Harold R. G. Kinahan|appt=June, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Beasly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Cunningham Paton Menzies|nick=George C. P. Menzies|appt=January, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1943{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Parrington Gornall|nick=James P. Gornall|appt=December, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Heathcote|nick=Ralph Heathcote|appt=June, 1945{{MackieRNW}}|end=late 1945{{MackieRNW}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Revision as of 20:49, 10 November 2016
H.M.S. Orion (1932) | |
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Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 26 Sep, 1931[2] |
Launched: | 24 Nov, 1932[3] |
Completed: | 18 Jan, 1934[4] |
Broken up: | 1949 |
H.M.S. Orion was one of five Leander Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Captains
- Captain Edward de F. Renouf, January, 1934[5] – March, 1936[6]
- Captain Eric J. P. Brind, March, 1936[7] – June, 1937[8]
- Captain Harold R. G. Kinahan, June, 1937[9] – January, 1940[10]
- Captain Geoffrey R. B. Back, January, 1940[11] – May, 1941[12]
- Captain George C. P. Menzies, January, 1943[13] – December, 1943[14]
- Captain James P. Gornall, December, 1943[15] – June, 1945[16]
- Captain Ralph Heathcote, June, 1945[17] – late 1945[18]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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