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Commissioned on 16 January, 1934 for service with the {{UK-CS|2}} of the Home Fleet.{{NLJul37|p. 258}}
 
Commissioned on 16 January, 1934 for service with the {{UK-CS|2}} of the Home Fleet.{{NLJul37|p. 258}}
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She suffered a slight collision near New Orleans at around New Year's Day, 1938.  She went to Bermuda for repairs.{{ToL|Visit to Mexico|28 Jan. 1938, p. 7}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward de Faye Renouf|nick=Edward de F. Renouf|appt=16 January, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 258}}|end=1 April, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward de Faye Renouf|nick=Edward de F. Renouf|appt=16 January, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 258}}|end=1 April, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Eric J. P. Brind|appt=1 April, 1936|end=31 May, 1937|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to V/A Commanding, {{UK-CS|2}}, vice Renouf}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Eric J. P. Brind|appt=1 April, 1936|end=31 May, 1937|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to V/A Commanding, {{UK-CS|2}}, vice Renouf}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Richard George Kinahan|nick=Harold R. G. Kinahan|appt=29 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 258}}}|end=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Richard George Kinahan|nick=Harold R. G. Kinahan|appt=29 June, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 258}}|end=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Beasly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=29 May, 1941|note=killed on board}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Bensly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=29 May, 1941|note=killed during evacuation from Crete}}
 
{{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=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=James Parrington Gornall|nick=James P. Gornall|appt=December, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}}

Revision as of 15:50, 9 May 2020

H.M.S. Orion (1932)
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

Commissioned on 16 January, 1934 for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet.[5]

She suffered a slight collision near New Orleans at around New Year's Day, 1938. She went to Bermuda for repairs.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 258.
  6. "Visit to Mexico." The Times (London, England), 28 Jan. 1938, p. 7.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 258.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 258.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Leander Class Light Cruiser
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