2022年6月9日 · H.M.S. Orion was one of eight armoured vessels authorised in 1909 and one of four Orion Class Battleships and was built at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard. She was laid down on 29 November 1909 and launched on 20 August 1910.

2017年7月1日 · HMS Orion was the flagship of Cdr Leveson during the Battle of Jutland. All four were disarmed in 1922-25 because of the Washington Treaty, the HMS Thunderer becoming a training ship until 1926. Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

2017年10月8日 · HMS Orion started by ranging on the lighthouse on Point Bluff at about 13500 yards range, it stood close to the position of the Italian coast defence battery, and at that time was the ony object in the target area that could be seen clearly to the haze. After turning to the south-westerly course at 0550 hours, she fired on the battery position ...

HMS Orion was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1910, she was the lead ship of her class; she was the first so-called "super-dreadnought", being the first British dreadnought to mount guns of calibre greater than twelve inches, and the first British dreadnought to have all of its main armament mounted on the centreline.

Introduced in Update "Air Superiority", HMS Orion follows HMS Dreadnought in the Bluewater fleet. Compared to Dreadnought, she features heavier armour and more powerful guns at 13.5-inch compared to the 12-inch battery of Dreadnought.

While helping to evacuate Commonwealth troops off Crete on 29 May 1941, HMS Orion lost hundreds dead and suffered heavy damage from German dive-bombers. The crippled British cruiser set off on a journey of more than 18,000 miles to be repaired in California.

2023年2月25日 · The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom has a history of naming its ships after mythological figures, and seven of them have been dubbed the mighty 'HMS Orion', paying homage to the Greek hunter, Orion. Each of the ships bearing this name has a unique tale to tell, and it's fascinating to unravel their individual histories.

Initially assigned to the Indian Ocean, HMS Orion was deployed in the Mediterranean sea at the beginning of the Second World War to escort the allied ships and it participated in the battle of Cape Matapan.

…Royal Navy laid down HMS Orion, the first “super dreadnought,” which displaced 22,500 tons and was armed with 13.5-inch guns. The U.S. Navy followed with ships armed with 14-inch guns. Then, on the eve of World War I, the Royal Navy went a step further with HMS Queen Elizabeth, armed… Read More

HMS Orion was a dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. She served in the Home and Grand Fleets during World War I, taking part in the Battle of Jutland and other operations. After the war, she became a gunnery training ship …