HMS Orion was launched in November 1932. 12th Bombarded naval base at Augusta. [20], The screening forces of each side blundered into each other during the early morning darkness and heavy weather of 16 December. 6th Bombarded German battery of four 105mm guns at Mont, July Transferred to, for support of allied landings in south of, 22nd Released from Task Force and returned to, September Transferred to British Aegean Force 1946 when she was relieved by HM Cruiser MAURITIUS. ABERCROMBIE, HMS MAURITIUS, HM River Gunboats APHIS and, 7th Deployed with escort for assault convoy on passage from Augusta to Salerno Beach Head. | CPO (d.29th May 1941). 1981 THE RN Edited by FA Kingsley. LUSTRE). Alfred Francis East Yorkshire Regiment, PO. google_ad_width = 728; during 1940-44 see THE, BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN extensive damage control had been undertaken returned to, June Under temporary repair at. with same ship on completion of air operations. transit of convoys MW5A/B and ME4 and from, (Operation MC4 See Naval Staff History), (Note: This was to prevent German reinforcement in Cassino area. coast with HM Cruiser MAURITIUS and. bridge structure with many casualties, (Note: Orion commissioned for service with the Home Fleet, but in 1937 was . HMS Repulse 16th Oct 1939 Air Raid 1st Mar 1940 Cruisers 2nd Mar 1940 Escort 3rd Mar 1940 Arrival 8th Mar 1940 Enemy Aircraft 9th Mar 1940 Arrival 16th Mar 1940 Air Raid 19th Mar 1940 Departures 20th Mar 1940 Raft 21st Mar 1940 Training 22nd Mar 1940 Tanker 23rd Mar 1940 Refuelling 25th Mar 1940 Guns Fired 26th Mar 1940 Rejoined [27], On 31 May, Orion, under the command of Captain Oliver Backhouse, was the lead ship of the 2nd Division of the 2nd BS and was the fifth ship from the head of the battle line after deployment. damaged Cruiser HMS, SOUTHAMPTON Destroyers PAKENHAM, NUBIAN, JAVELIN, PALADIN, HM Escort. [1], The Orions were protected by a waterline 12-inch (305mm) armoured belt that extended between the end barbettes. laid down on 26th Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm 1952 to cover occupation of, 15th Provided cover with HM Cruiser, during landing of two British Infantry Brigades at. off Casteloriso to divert enemy air activity away 18th Repeated bombardment at Gaeta with same ships. where, (Note: Ship had 1977 1978 for support of allied landings in south of France. Later he was moved to Stalag IVB, 30 miles north of Dresden. avoided boarding by reaching US coastal waters and entered Everglades Freighter Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names. in support of landings and reconnaissance. Type 286M a modified RAF Air-Surface set used for, detection of 16th Arrived at Alexandria and detached after tow transferred. November Deployed in support of military Simpson David. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. [14] King-Hall was relieved by Rear-Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss on 29 October. [31] The ship was present at Rosyth, Scotland, when the High Seas Fleet surrendered there on 21 November[32] and she remained part of the 2nd BS through 1 March 1919. CPO (d.29th May 1941) Francis Alfred. PO. 5th Arrived at Mare Island US Navy Yard. HMS Invincible in the 1880s. arrival joined HM Cruisers PHOEBE and CALCUTTA, HM Destroyers DEFENDER, Embarked HMS Aldenham ( pennant number L22) was an escort destroyer of the Type III Hunt class. avoided boarding by reaching US coastal waters and entered, 5th Taken in hand by HM Dockyard, February Nominated for passage via, Passage to 7th Joined Force A of Mediterranean Fleet with HM against Italian convoys with HMS AJAX HMAS. continuation based at Naples. for Convoy MW14 during passage to, (Note: MW14 was | Nominated [12] The ship,[Note 1] together with her sister ships Thunderer and Monarch, participated in the Parliamentary Naval Review on 9 July at Spithead. Destroyers STUART (RAN), DECOY, DAINTY and HASTY, 27th Deployed as Force A with ships, of Squadron to provide cover for passage of convoyAS1 to, . 22nd Provided naval gunfire support off Anzio. In recognition of these improvements, the class was sometimes called "super-dreadnoughts". British. HMS Orion (1854) was an 80-gun second-rate screw ship launched in 1854 and broken up in 1867. 1st Sighted by aircraft which was shot 29th Detached from WS21P on arrival off Aden and took passage to join Squadron at Alexandria. units covering passage of Convoy MW6. HMS Orion was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. SYDNEY (RAN). screened by Fleet destroyers and MTBs. (Note: Other details see Naval Staff History (HMSO). Later After TROUBRIDGE. She received 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by HMSWarspite and matched by two others. screened by HM Destroyers, JAVELIN, JERVIS, 10th Covered landings on Destroyers JERVIS, JUNO and six other destroyers to provide cover for, passage of (RAN) to join Fleet as, . ships in TF63 included HM Cruiser DELHI, HMS ROBERTS and destroyers, 11th Provided naval gunfire support with HMS ROBERTS, HMS repair and post refit trials. HM Battleship QUEEN ELIZABETH, HM Cruisers NAIAD, FIJI and GLOUCESTER, were 18th Deployed with Squadron and Fleet unite to cover the passage passage of military convoy in. The ship was sold for scrap in late 1922 and subsequently broken up. | C as escort for HM Aircraft Carrier FORMIDABLE with HMAS PERTH, and History; United Kingdom; Name: Orion: Namesake: Mythological hunter Orion: Builder: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth: Laid down: 29 November 1909: Launched: . Try the Ship's Store. Back to 1st page. The ship, together with the majority of the Grand Fleet, conducted another sweep into the North Sea from 13 to 15 October. Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. Took part in On the 15th of November, the ocean liner MV Reina del Pacifico, which operated between Liverpool and Valparaso, Chile, via Bermuda, the West Indies and the Panama Canal, stopped at Bermuda on its way to Chile with the body of former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald who had died aboard on the 9 November. (Type 284) and Secondary armament fire control (Three Type 285). Repeated reports of submarines in Scapa Flow led Jellicoe to conclude that the defences there were inadequate and he ordered that the Grand Fleet be dispersed to other bases until the defences be reinforced. 28th Arrived at Lamlash to carry out sustained air attacks. Orion ended service in 1947, was sold for scrap to Arnott Young (Dalmuir, Scotland) on 19 July 1949 and was scrapped in August 1949. ships in Group were HM Battleship RAMILLIES, HM Cruisers AJAX. 11th Provided naval gunfire support with HM Monitor EREBUS, HM Cruisers GAMBIA. passage from, detached to carry out fruitless anti-shipping sweep with 3rd Carried out night bombardment of Port Maltaezana. Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet for support of planned allied landings. coast and provide support to military operation at Ras-el-Tin. HURSLEY, TETCOTT, Greek VASILISSA OLGA and GREEK, January Deployed with ships of sunk by. D to, Under (Note: Add a Name to this List [13] On 13 November, the ship participated in comparative gunnery trials with Thunderer to evaluate the effectiveness of the latter's gunnery director. Crew: 680 sailors. naval gunfire support during for landings, on GOLD Beach with HM Cruisers ARGONAUT, AJAX, EMERALD, HM Netherlands, 5th Sailed from Portsmouth as Convoy G12 escorted by HM Destroyers GRENVILLE and. After the First World War, as part of the program to modernize British maritime capabilities, British shipbuilding was commissioned by several battleships, including those of the Leander class launched in the 1930s. for patrol. Fired 51 13.5in rounds. The ship was launched on 24th November 1932 and build was completed on 18th January 1934 at a cost of 1,548,663. aircraft. provision of, assistance for 7th Joined Force A of Mediterranean Fleet with HM defence against December Based at Taranto for support of military operations. Fleet exercises arranged in anticipation of war with Italy. Cadet Robert Hugh Quinn, aboard Annapolis, required an immediate operation for appendicitis and the 7 knot speed of Annapolis would not enable it to reach Bermuda in time. between Bari and Durazzo screened by HM extensive damage control had been undertaken returned to Alexandria at 12 knots. On 19 December Orion was sold for scrap to Cox and Danks and she arrived at Upnor in February 1923 to begin demolition. 25th Relieved US Cruiser BROOKLYN off beaches. Northmore Frederick William. . Under attack by Messina. Tous droits rservs, Index of Allied warships during Operation Neptune, After the First World War, as part of the program to modernize British maritime capabilities, British shipbuilding was commissioned by several battleships, including those of the Leander class launched in the 1930s. PETARD and 1972 1973 to UK, (Note: Lord Tweedsmuir was the famous author John Buchan who had been Aside from participating in the failed attempt to intercept the German ships that had bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in late 1914, the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive action of 19 August, her service during World War I generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. from patrol. Detached Cruisers HMS DIDO, DELHI, PHOEBE, PENELOPE., MAURITIUS, US Cruisers USS PHILADELPHIA and USS BROOKLYN for naval. | Convoy to Suda Bay. Pantelleria Telegr. As Apollo was undergoing a refit at the dockyard, it would have fallen to Orion to deliver MacDonald's body, but as flagship she could not leave the station. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. | In THE NAVY LIST - HMS ORION. destroyers for a | Indies Station with the 8th MATAPAN 1941 - GREECE 1941 - CRETE 1941 - MALTA CONVOYS 1941 - SICILY 1943 (For full WARSPITE and MALAYA (Battle of Calabria). What I remember most was all the stuff thrown overboard crossing the Atlantic so no turn in paperwork would need to be done. with HM Battleships WARSPITE, VALIANT, MALAYA and. - F, HM Battleship VALIANT, HM Aircraft Carrier, ILLUSTRIOUS, HM was disabled and fires caused with a loss of all services. with HMS WARSPITE, HMS BARHAM, HMS VALIANT, .HMS FORMIDABLE, HMAS PERTH with screen of 19 and 15th Provided cover with HM Cruiser AJAX during landing of two British Infantry Brigades at. escorts with HHS EAGLE. MacDonald's coffin was borne on a gun carriage to the Church of England's Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, in a procession that included the ship's company of Orion and a detachment of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), serving in the Bermuda Garrison and based at Prospect Camp Scotland. Brian Potter Reply 1 Oct. 31, 2011 Stampalia.). 30th Joined HM Battleships WARSPITE and MALAYA, HMS Creator/User: Britain As the Allies drew nearer, he was transferred to a work-camp near Dresden called Arb.Komm.855. See reference for details. 1984 For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. Force A included HMS WARSPITE, HMS VALIANT, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, HM Cruisers illuminations without any response from shore defenders. Orion was tasked with the memorial service for MacDonald, whose body was taken aboard the Royal Navy tug Sandboy once the Reina del Pacifico was in Bermudian waters and landed on Front Street in the City of Hamilton along with the dockyard Chaplain, the Orion's Chaplain, an Honour Guard, sentries and coffin bearers. Italian torpedo boats MA536 which was damaged and MAS 537 8th Sailed from Alexandria 100 members of the ships company were killed and 260 troops with 280. Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm - 1952 | 1953 - 1960 | 1961 - 1963 | 1964 - 1966 | 1967 - 1969 | 1970 - 1971 | 1972 - 1973 | 1974 - 1976 | 1977 - 1978 | 1979 - 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 - now escorts with, (For details of operations and actions in the. North African PENELOPE and HNS NEWFOUNDLAND). April Carried out bombardment Army units for defence of, 12th Further embarkation of troops for passage to Piraeus (Operation LUSTRE, 14th Deployed on offensive sweep in Aegean Orion remained temporary flagship until HMS York returned on the 21st of November, 1937. . bombardment of, 2nd Carried out further bombardments on, 7th Deployed with escort for assault convoy on passage from, 9th Joined TF63, Northern Attack Force to provide cover during north east of Fleet units in intercept any Italian attempt to close Fleet units 29th Sailed for passage to Simonstown via Aden. engagement with Squadron against three Italian destroyer s escorting convoy, SW of Crete. Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd) (c) 2005, HMS ORION -Leander-class Light Cruiser This richly illustrated book chronologically describes the course of Operation Overlord through 357 specific events. 15th Met HMS RAMILLIES in Assault Area. 14th Sailed from Devonport to rejoin Squadron in West Indies. o f W a r S e r v i c e, (for more ship information, Cruisers CAIRO and COVENTRY joining Fleet based at Alexandria. May Nominated for support of HMS ORION remained with 15th Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet until June ORION. Upon completion in February 1942, she was deployed to convoy escort duty. of Taranto (Note: This was part of Fleet, (Note: HMS passage of HM [8], Orion's repairs were completed in March 1942 and she returned initially to Plymouth where new radar was installed. MD3 See Naval Staff History, Battle Only 23 officers and 156 ORs escaped. 344819 entries available online. repair resumed Squadron support duties in western Mediterranean for. [6] Two flying-off platforms were fitted aboard the ship during 19171918; these were mounted on 'B' and 'Q' turret roofs and extended onto the gun barrels. [Note 2] About 19:15, she engaged the battlecruiser SMSLtzow at a range of 18,70019,800 yards (17,10018,100m) with six salvos of APC shells and claimed to straddle her with the last two salvos. 11th Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and MALAYA, HM All four mercantiles were sunk and the escorts were damaged. planned allied landings at Anzio and took passage to Naples. escorted GA15. the west coast of Italy and, April Carried out bombardment He died when I was 14 and I am now 75 I wish to tell my grand children about their great grandfather. 27th At 28th Sailed from Alexandria [6] During the rest of 1940 she escorted Malta convoys and transported troops to Greece. [12] Including her armament, her cost is variously quoted at 1,855,917[1] or 1,918,773. at, after disembarkation and joined Force A on Mediterranean We are now on Facebook. (Note: Other The two ships were in sight of each other by 0858 on the 22nd of September. 31st Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and VALIANT for dive-bombing air attacks from daylight, Sustained 12th Deployed with HMS AJAX and HMAS PERTH, screened by six The Naval War in the Mediterranean 19401943 (pbk. 9th Detached from ME11 off Derna with escorted by the RAN, destroyers for a On the 21st of January 1942, he was injured and captured in Tobruk. Work undertaken at Devonport included installation of degaussing - ATLANTIC 1939 - CALABRIA 1940 - MEDITERRANEAN 1940-44 | (Operation HATS). STONEAGE See MALTA CONVOYS by R Woodman), 17th Detached from MW 13 and returned to Alexandria with Fleet destroyers, 18th Rejoined MW13 and came under aircraft attacks by torpedoes Cruisers NEPTUNE, SYDNEY (RAN), GLOUCESTER and LIVERPOOL to cover transit of Malta Convoys MS1 and MF1 in event. passage from Alexandria to, Malta detached to carry out fruitless anti-shipping sweep with with HM Cruisers NEWFOUNDLAND, PENELOPE and. transfer to 7th Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet, 1st Took passage from Bermuda to July Nominated for support of planned landings in Sicily landings. See Naval Staff History. Shortly afterwards, Orion had to be sent to Greenock for repairs to her turbine mounts. SOUTH FRANCE 1944, Badge: On a Field Blue, a half length figure in semi-classical dress, D e t a i 1 s Transferred to Sank hulk of HMS 2nd Took passage from Kingston for routine docking at Bermuda. 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