Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Orion (1879)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
(→‎Service)
(→‎Captains)
Line 32: Line 32:
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry FitzRoy George Talbot|nick=Henry F. G. Talbot|appt=October, 1907<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>|end=16 June, 1908<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry FitzRoy George Talbot|nick=Henry F. G. Talbot|appt=October, 1907<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>|end=16 June, 1908<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/421.|D7576566}} f. 421.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=5 July, 1908<ref>Prichard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|end=|note=temporarily, during absence of Commander ('''D''')}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=5 July, 1908<ref>Prichard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|end=|note=temporarily, during absence of Commander ('''D''')}}
 +
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Richard St. John|nick=Richard St. John|appt=13 October, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 351}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Orontes''}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

Revision as of 17:25, 22 May 2018

H.M.S. Orion (1879)
Builder: Samuda Brothers, Poplar[1]
Purchased: 13 Feb, 1878[2]
Launched: 23 Jan, 1879[3]
Completed: 3 Jul, 1882[4]
Sold: 1913[5]
H.M.S. Orion was laid down as Boordhi-Zaffer for the Turkish Navy but was purchased for use in the Royal Navy as one of two Belleisle Class armoured rams.

There was also a super-dreadnought named Orion and a cruiser launched in 1932 named Orion.

Service

Re-commissioned at Malta on 26 April, 1885.[6]

Re-commissioned at Singapore on 16 May, 1888.[7]

In April 1902, Orion became a depot ship for torpedo boats at Malta, initially under the command of Charles Madden.[8]

Orion was re-commissioned at Malta on 11 December, 1906 and, sometime prior to August 1912 she was renamed H.M.S. Orontes.[9] She was then converted to a store ship at Devonport and sold in 1913.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 227.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 235.
  8. ↑ The Times. Naval & Military intelligence Wednesday, 9 April 1902. No 36737, p. 10.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 351.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 221.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 235.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 286.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 6 September, 1902. Issue 36866, col A, p. 8.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 351.
  16. ↑ Bennett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 8.
  17. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
  18. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 351.
  20. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
  21. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
  22. ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 351.

Bibliography

Retrieved from "http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Orion_(1879)&oldid=270703"