February Nominated for passage via Canada and to bring the ashes of Lord Tweedsmuir Other ships in Squadron were HM Cruisers BERWICK, YORK August Preparation for South of 11th Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and MALAYA, HM spent 102 days at sea since outbreak of war,). Deployed to NE entered WW2 after German ultimatum and made necessary the 23rd Sailed from Alexandria Force A to cover passage of military 29th Under attack by high level bombing and later by torpedo Gnr. 5th Taken in hand by HM Dockyard Bermuda on AJAX, ROYALIST, BLACK PRINCE, ARGONAUT, AURORA and COLOMBO. destroyers for a July Under repair in HM Dockyard, Simonstown during which catapult was removed and fitted in. 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. [13] On 13 November, the ship participated in comparative gunnery trials with Thunderer to evaluate the effectiveness of the latter's gunnery director. She arrived at TROON, Ayrshire under passage to, , Crew 754. 1985 On the evening of 23 January, the bulk of the Grand Fleet sailed in support of Beatty's battlecruisers, but Orion and the rest of the fleet did not participate in the ensuing Battle of Dogger Bank the following day. well as covering May Nominated for support of sweep in Aegean during Malta aircraft delivery by ships of Force H from. Cruisers 20th Sailed from Suda passage Length: 169 m avoided boarding by reaching US coastal waters and entered, 5th Taken in hand by HM Dockyard, February Nominated for passage via, Passage to Ship Interest Groups. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. HM Escort Another sweep began on 6 March, but had to be abandoned the following day as the weather grew too severe for the escorting destroyers. Oldest ship in the Navy! This page was last edited on 19 December 2022, at 03:18. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), "HMS Orion Leander-class Light Cruiser", Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, List of cruisers of the Royal Australian Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orion_(85)&oldid=1128231801, Leander-class cruisers (1931) of the Royal Navy, World War II cruisers of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Catapult and aircraft later replaced with. H.M.S. The Orion -class ships were designed in response to the beginnings of the Anglo-German naval arms race and were much larger than their predecessors of the Colossus -class battleship to accommodate larger, more powerful guns and heavier armour. Only 23 officers and 156 ORs escaped. Upon completion in February 1942, she was deployed to convoy escort duty. | During mid 1942, she was widely employed, in home waters and on convoy escort duties to Africa and the Indian Ocean.[8]. The two ships were in sight of each other by 0858 on the 22nd of September. Force A included HMS WARSPITE, HMS VALIANT, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, HM Cruisers offensive sweeps and interceptions of evacuation craft with HM Cruisers. On 19 December Orion was sold for scrap to Cox and Danks and she arrived at Upnor in February 1923 to begin demolition. Login| to prevent German reinforcement in Cassino area. May Nominated for support of Rear-Admiral Arthur Leveson relieved Arbuthnot on 15 January. details see ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by C. Barnett, MATAPAN by. further editing and formatting is required,
