The HMS Orion reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

HMS Orion

Eight ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Orion, after the hunter Orion of Greek mythology.

• The first Orion was a 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1787 and broken up in 1814. She fought in the Battle of the Nile.

• The second Orion was an 80-gun screw ship in service from 1854 to 1867.

• The third Orion was an armoured corvette purchased from Turkey and launched in 1879, renamed or Orontes in 1909, and sold in 1913.

• The fourth Orion was a cruiser projected in 1904 but never built.

• The fifth Orion was a battleship in service from 1910 to 1922.

• 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.

• The eighth Orion was a submarine in service from 1974 to 1996.

This is the "HMS Orion" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.