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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Orion''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Orion''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
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Revision as of 10:57, 26 February 2021
H.M.S. Orion (1932) | |
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Pendant Number: | 85 |
Builder: | Devonport Royal Dockyard[1] |
Laid down: | 26 Sep, 1931[2] |
Launched: | 24 Nov, 1932[3] |
Completed: | 18 Jan, 1934[4] |
Broken up: | 1949 |
Contents
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
- Captain Charles E. Turle, 8 September, 1933 – 28 November, 1933
- Captain Edward de F. Renouf, 16 January, 1934[7] – 1 April, 1936
- Captain Eric J. P. Brind, 1 April, 1936 – 31 May, 1937 (and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to V/A Commanding, Second Cruiser Squadron, vice Renouf)
- Captain Harold R. G. Kinahan, 29 June, 1937[8] – 31 January, 1940[9]
- Captain Geoffrey R. B. Back, 31 January, 1940[10] – 29 May, 1941[11] (killed during evacuation from Crete)
- Commander John P. de W. Kitcat, 29 May, 1941[12] – 25 September, 1941[13]
- Commander John P. de W. Kitcat, 25 September, 1941[14] – 15 January, 1942[15][16]
- Captain George C. P. Menzies, 15 January, 1942[17] – December, 1943[18]
- Captain James P. Gornall, 10 January, 1944[19] – 25 June, 1945[20]
- Captain Ralph Heathcote, 25 June, 1945[21] – late 1946[22]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 258.
- ↑ "Visit to Mexico." The Times (London, England), 28 Jan. 1938, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 258.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 258.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.
- ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1. Year MAY be 1943
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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