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|laid=26 Sep, 1931{{Conways1922|p. 30}}
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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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{{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={{CommRN}}|name=Basil Charles Barrington Brooke|nick=Basil C. B. Brooke|appt=31 May, 1937<ref>Brooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/7.|}} f. 7.</ref>|end=29 June, 1937{{INF}}|note=continued thereafter in ship as X.O.}}
{{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}}}}
{{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}}}}
{{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}}
{{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=James Parrington Gornall|nick=James P. Gornall|appt=10 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|end=25 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Parrington Gornall|nick=James P. Gornall|appt=10 January, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|end=25 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Heathcote|nick=Ralph Heathcote|appt=25 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|end=late 1946{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ralph Heathcote|nick=Ralph Heathcote|appt=25 June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}|end=late 1946{{UBAllyWarship|4005}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John William Francis Douglas Cowgill|nick=John W. F. D. Cowgill|appt=|end=8 March, 1947<ref>Haes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Mount Haes|nick=Edmund M. Haes|appt=8 March, 1947<ref>Haes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>|end=14 January, 1948<ref>Haes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/98.|}} f. 98.</ref>|note=vice Cowgill}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 14 January 2022

H.M.S. Orion (1932)
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

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. ↑ Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/7. f. 7.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 258.
  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. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.
  18. ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1. Year MAY be 1943
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Haes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/98. f. 98.
  25. ↑ Haes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/98. f. 98.
  26. ↑ Haes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/98. f. 98.


Leander Class Light Cruiser
Achilles Ajax Leander Neptune Orion
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