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	A Midshipman's War by Frank Wade
		Orion was the 4th ship behind Admiral Troubridge in HMS Colluden -the leading ship-and one ship ahead of Jervis and was in the thick of the fighting.
		Orion was commanded by a senior Captain, Sir James Saumarez and was located in line ahead close to HMS Vanguard the flagship and became involved ia a close fire night sea battle.
		Orion was in the Nelson column and conducted herself with her usual efficiency and bravery.
	www3.telus.net /FrankWade/stories/1_honours_orion.html (937 words)

	HMS Orion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third Orion was an armoured corvette purchased from Turkey and launched in 1879, renamed or Orontes in 1909, and sold in 1913.
		The sixth Orion (85) was a light cruiser launched in 1932 and sold in 1949.
		The seventh Orion was a French submarine captured in 1940.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Orion (208 words)

	Orion
		HMS Orion was built at Adams and Barnard’s yard at Deptford on the Thames and launched in 1787.
		Orion was eighth in the line led by Admiral Nelson, and Codrington had time to view the unparalleled sight as the two fleets converged, each with their attendant frigates.
		The crew of Orion were given their dinner, and Orion held its fire as she approached the battle already in progress until it could be released with maximum effect.
	www.treeforall.org.uk /trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/Otherwoods/Orion/default.htm (669 words)

	HMS Orion (85) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Orion (85) was a Leander-class light cruiser in the Royal Navy 1931–1947.
		HMS Orion was commissioned for service with the Home Fleet but she was transferred to the American and West Indian Station in 1937 where she was with the 8th Cruiser Squadron.
		Orion spent the rest of the war around the Mediterranean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Orion_(85) (262 words)

	Orion Class Battleship - HMS Orion, Monarch, Thunderer, Conqueror
		Orion Class Battleship - HMS Orion, Monarch, Thunderer, Conqueror
		27 December 1914 rammed form behind by HMS Conqueror.
		This reduced rolling to an acceptable level and the class were considered good sea boats.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /battleship/hms-orion.html (318 words)

	A Midshipman's War - Stories
		Orion was the 4th ship behind Admiral Troubridge in HMS Colluden -the leading ship-and one ship ahead of Jervis and was in the thick of the fighting.
		Orion was commanded by a senior Captain, Sir James Saumarez and was located in line ahead close to HMS Vanguard the flagship and became involved ia a close fire night sea battle.
		Orion was in the Nelson column and conducted herself with her usual efficiency and bravery.
	www3.bc.sympatico.ca /FrankWade/stories.html (9094 words)

	Battle of Jutland
		HMS Benbow (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee; Capt. H.
		HMS Invincible (Flagship of Rear Admiral The Hon.
		HMS Barham (Flagship of Rear Admiral H. Evan-Thomas; Capt. A.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_jutland.html (3641 words)

	Orion Class
		HMS Monarch was used as a target ship and was finally sunk by shelling in January 1925.
		HMS Thunderer was used as a cadet training ship from 1921 until being sold for scrap on 17th December 1926.
		HMS Orion was built at Portsmouth naval Dockyard and laid down on the 29th November 1909 and launched 20th August 1910.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /orion_class.htm (1477 words)

	Norwegian Merchant Fleet - Ship Forum
		ORION was part of 'Force D' under Rear Admiral Glennie, based at Alexandria; having patrolled off Crete 19 - 23 May,during the invasion of that island they returned to Alex.
		Orion was hit at 09.00 by a direct hit on 'A' turret; at 09.30 a near miss shook the ship; at 10.45 she was hit by a bomb which went through the bridge, passed through the sickbay and exploded in the stokers messdeck.
		Regarding H.M.S. Orion, my father James Francis Mellor from Manchester joined this ship on the 11th December 1940, aged 22, as Able Seaman and served for a duration of 15 months.
	www.warsailors.com /phorum/read.php?f=1&t=8439&a=2 (421 words)

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		I sailed in Orion until about mid 1943 when I was sent as Liaison Officer to the Dutch vessel Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, which was being operated on behalf of the Ministry of Shipping by the Orient Line.
		Orion left Avonmouth on 6th Aug 1941 carrying just over 5000 troops bound for Port Tewfik, as reinforcements for the war in the desert..
		The convoy continued to Capetown where Orion's forepeak was filled with concrete, enabling her to continue with the convoy to Port Tewfik.
	www.pnc.com.au /~byceme/orion/anecdote.htm (1435 words)

	HMAS Sydney [Australian War Memorial]
		On 27 July, while covering a Dardanelles convoy, and, in company with HMS Neptune, the Sydney was involved in the sinking of the small Greek tanker Ermioni carrying fuel to the Italian garrison in the Dodecanese.
		At the beginning of October Sydney, in company with HMS Orion, carried out a bombardment of Port Maltesana in the Dodecanese Islands.
		Early November saw troops and stores transported to Crete then, on the night of 11-12 November, the Sydney, with HMS Orion and Ajax and two destroyers, attacked an Italian convoy of four merchant ships and with two escorts in the Straits of Otranto.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/hmas_sydney/document.htm (1039 words)

	Leander class cruiser (1931) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Two ships were loaned to New Zealand and one RN ship, HMS Neptune (20), was manned by the newly formed Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1941 till her eventual sinking, though she was never part of that Navy.
		Achilles and HMS Ajax (22) saw action during the Battle of the River Plate, cornering the German pocket battleship German battleship Admiral Graf Spee in Montevideo harbour.
		HMS Orion (85) was heavily damaged in the evacuation of Crete.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Leander-class-cruisers/Leander-class-cruiser-(1931).html (690 words)

	HMS Orion
		The Leander class cruiser HMS Orion is shown departing Grand Harbour Malta late in 1945.
		HMS Orion, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Orion.
		My father was on the Orion during the evacuation of Crete i am not too familiar with all the details simply because my father died in the sixties and i never got round to asking the questions when i was that age.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_orion.htm (1079 words)

	HMS Dreadnought (1906) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		After further trials and construction of two turbine powered torpedo boats, HMS Viper and HMS Cobra, the (The department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)) Admiralty confirmed in 1905 that future Royal Navy vessels were to be turbine powered.
		Dreadnought had originally been built to show other navies the futility of attempting to go toe-to-toe with the Royal Navy, but as in the past (see (Click link for more info and facts about HMS Warrior) HMS Warrior for instance), the Navy underestimated the German fleet's desire to maintain parity.
		Far less involved with the details of politics and more with personalities of commanders this report of naval actions and theaters may be of more interest to students of military history.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_dreadnought_(1906)2.htm (1902 words)

	HMS Dido prints
		HMS Dido (Light Cruiser) built by Cammell Laird and laid down 20th October 1937 was launched on 18th July 1939, and commissioned into the Royal navy on 30th September 1940.
		HMS Dido took part in the second Battle of Sirte during 1942, she sank three supply ships off North Africa.
		HMS Dido was launched on 18th July 1939, she took part in the evacuation of troops and defense of Crete, where she was damaged on B gun, killing 46 men.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_dido.htm (471 words)

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		HMS Orion 1914, the First of the Super-Dreadnoughts - Designed only five years after HMS Dreadnought, the HMS Orion had almost twice the broadside weight of shell, thanks to the addition of the 13.5-inch/45 Mk V gun as the main armament.
		HMS Dreadnought 1906 - Admiral Jackie Fisher's dream battleship of 1906 introduced the all big gun capital ship and was one important designs in the history of the capital ship.
		HMS Abercrombie, British Monitor, The last of 42 monitors to be built by the Royal Navy in the 20th Century.
	www.steelnavy.com /CombrigPage.htm (1927 words)

	Naval Actions and losses 1941
		Cruiser HMS Bonaventure torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Ambra.
		The Cruisers Orion, and Dido, along with the destroyers Hereward, Hasty, Havoc, Imperial, Hotspur and Jackal evacuated troops from the northern ports.
		Italian submarine Maggiori Baracca sunk by HMS Croome north-east of the Azores.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW241Res.html (2010 words)

	shep4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bob joined HMS York in June 1939 for a 2 and a half year cruise on the American Station.
		He had only been aboard Orion for three weeks before she was severley damaged by enemy bombs on May 29, 1941.
		Bob was amongst the 112 crewmembers that died that day or died later from wounds received during the attack.
	www.geocities.com /sheppie1uk/shep4.html (392 words)

	HMS Dorsetshire oil painting
		The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941.
		she was part of the class which included HMS Norfolk, (two other ships were planned but were cancelled in 1930, they were to be HMS Northumberland and HMS Surrey) She carried a seaplane in1 931 and had a catapult added in 1932.
		In1942 HMS Dorsetshire went to t he eastern Fleet and was bombed by Japanese aircraft of West of Ceylon and sank, 5th April 1942.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_dorsetshire.htm (735 words)

	HMS Liverpool - The Royal Navy Ships of Victor Johns
		The bows and roof of 'A' turret were blown off and she was taken in tow, stern first by HMS Orion.
		Along with this convoy was the covering force of the battleship HMS Malaya, the aircraft-carriers HMS Argus and HMS Eagle, three cruisers and eight destroyers.
		Nevertheless the Polish destroyer Kujawiak hit a mine and was sunk and two other destroyers HMS Badsworth and HMS Matchless and the supply ship Orari were damaged by mines, the latter at the very entrance to Grand Harbour.
	home.swipnet.se /ew-11578/hms_liverpool.htm (776 words)

	HMS Orion, 1939
		In Dec 1939 as a crew member of HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser) part of British West Indies squadron, we were dispatched from Kingston, Jamaica, to try and intercept the German liner Columbus, which eluded HMS Orion but was interrcepted by the British destroyer Hereward and scuttled by her crew.
		Signals transpired for her to stop which were ignored and HMS Orion fired sub calibre rounds across her bow.
		British light cruiser HMS Orion and Canadian destroyer HMCS Saguenay locate German tanker Emmy Friedrich in the Yucatan Channel; British light cruiser HMS Caradoc subsequently intercepts Emmy Friedrich whose crew scuttles her to avoid capture.
	www.ww2pacific.com /orion.html (795 words)

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		HMS Defence seen leaving the fleet anchorage in Torbay, Devon in 1794 when she was serving in the Channel Fleet.
		The 74 gun ship-of-the-line Defence, was one of England's famous "wooden walls" on which the protection of the kingdom chiefly relied, was launched in 1763 and had a distinguished career which spanned almost fifty years.
		Battle honours for HMS Orion: Glorious 1st June 1794, Groix 1795, Cape St Vincent 1797, Battle of the Nile 1798, Battle of Trafalgar 1805, Baltic 1807.
	www.cranstonfinearts.com /gardner.htm (675 words)

	Hms Orion (85) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		El HMS Orion fue comisionado para el servicio con la flota casera pero la transfirieron al americano y a la estación india del oeste en 1937 donde ella estaba con la 8va escuadrilla del crucero.
		El HMS Orion volvió al mediterráneo en 1943.
		Orion pasó el resto de la guerra alrededor del mediterráneo.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/hm/Hms%20Orion%20%2885%29.htm (364 words)

	HMS Lion
		HMS Iron Duke (Flagship), HMS Agincourt, HMS Colossus, HMS Hercules, HMS Marlborough, HMS Neptune, HMS Revenge, HMS St. Vincent.
		HMS King George V, HMS Ajax, HMS Centurion, HMS Conqueror, HMS Erin, HMS Monarch, HMS Orion, HMS Thunderer.
		HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland by Ivan Berryman.
	www.military-art.com /dhm1002.htm (947 words)

	HMS Hood
		HMS Hood took part in the bombardment of Mers-el-Kibir on the 3rd July 1940.
		HMS Hood passes beneath the forth Bridge on her way to Rosyth during one of her many visits to the Firth in the 1930s.
		HMS Hood During the Fleet Review of 1935 by Ivan Berryman Fully dressed and resplendent, HMS Hood is pictured preparing for King George Vs review of the Fleet in July 1935 as other capital ships take up their positions around her.
	www.naval-art.com /hood.htm (2794 words)

	HMS Orion (1910) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		HMS Orion (1910) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		HMS Orion was a battleship of the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy, launched in 1910, the lead ship of (Click link for more info and facts about her class) her class and the first " (Click link for more info and facts about super-dreadnought) super-dreadnought".
		As a result of the (Click link for more info and facts about Washington Naval Treaty) Washington Naval Treaty she was decomissioned and sold for scrap in 1922.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/HM/HMS_Orion_(1910)2.htm (108 words)

	Plymouth City Council - News Articles
		A five-metre steel 'sillhouette' of HMS Plymouth has been lifted into the pond outside the Civic Centre, marking the start of this year's Plymouth in Bloom campaign.
		HMS Plymouth was launched in 1959 and played an important role in the Falklands conflict.
		All of the other ships (HMS Cornwall, HMS Gloucester, HMS Exeter, HMS Devonshire, HMS Orion, HMS Birmingham HMS Royal Oak, HMS Warspite and HMS Trinidad) served in World War 2.
	www.plymouth.gov.uk /print/newsreleases?newsid=21719 (239 words)

	Derek Gardner, Naval Art
		HMS Defence seen leaving the fleet anchorage in Torbay, Devon in 1794 when she was serving in the Channel Fleet.
		Battle honours for HMS Orion: Glorious 1st June 1794, Groix 1795, Cape St Vincent 1797, Battle of the Nile 1798, Battle of Trafalgar 1805, Baltic 1807.
		Battle honours for HMS Orion: Glorious 1st June 1794, Groix 1795, Cape St Vincent 1797, Battle of the Nile 1798, Battle of Trafalgar 1805, Baltic 1807.The Edgar by Derek Gardner
	www.militaryartcompany.com /gardner.htm (1005 words)

	HMS NELSON BATTLESHIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		HMS DUKE OF YORK 1940 KING GEORGE V CLASS
		HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA 1913 IRON DUKE CLASS
		HMS KING GEORGE V 1939 KING GEORGE V CLASS
	www.homestead.com /nelson1/BRITISHBATTLESHIPS.html (77 words)

	Hms Vampire 1923 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Service/Unit : HMS Hermes, HMS Vampire, HMS Hollyhock...
		HMS Hercules (1910) HMS Hercules (R49) HMS Hereward.
		Her escorts the destroyer HMAS Vampire and the corvette Hollyhock and two tankers were also sunk...
	www.bramstokercentre.org /hmsvampire1923.html (214 words)

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