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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}}
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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}}}}
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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=31 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}}}
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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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Bensly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=31 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|end=29 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|note=killed during evacuation from Crete}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Cunningham Paton Menzies|nick=George C. P. Menzies|appt=January, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1943{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Percy de Winton Kitcat|nick=John P. de W. Kitcat|appt=29 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|end=25 September, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Parrington Gornall|nick=James P. Gornall|appt=December, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1945{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Percy de Winton Kitcat|nick=John P. de W. Kitcat|appt=25 September, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|end=15 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}<ref>Menzies Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/1.|}} f. 1.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Heathcote|nick=Ralph Heathcote|appt=June, 1945{{MackieRNW}}|end=late 1945{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Cunningham Paton Menzies|nick=George C. P. Menzies|appt=15 January, 1942<ref>Menzies Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/1.|}} f. 1.  Year MAY be 1943</ref>|end=December, 1943{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Parrington Gornall|nick=James P. Gornall|appt=10 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|end=25 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Heathcote|nick=Ralph Heathcote|appt=25 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|end=late 1946{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}}}
 
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Revision as of 10:27, 5 February 2021

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. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.
  17. ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1. Year MAY be 1943
  18. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


Leander Class Light Cruiser
Achilles Ajax Leander Neptune Orion
<– Emerald Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Arethusa Class –>
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