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HMS Orion |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
1909 |
Launched: |
August 20, 1910 |
Keel Laid: |
November 29, 1909 |
Commissioned: |
January 2, 1912 |
Fate: |
Sold December 19, 1922 to Cox & Danks, Queensborough, England and scrapped. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
581' |
Engines: |
4 Parsons geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
88' 2" |
Boilers: |
18 Babcock & Wilcox (Coal fired) |
Draft: |
24' 9"std. / 38' 5" full |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
22,200 std. / 25,870 full |
HP: |
27,000 |
Speed: |
21 knots |
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Crew: |
800+ |
Range: |
6,730 NM @10 knots 4,110 NM @ 19 knots |
Armament as built
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Maximum Range / Ceiling
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10 |
13.5"/45 (343mm) Mk V (L) |
5 twin turrets |
23,820 yards @ 20° (13.5 miles) 1,250 lb. AP shell Rate of fire 1-2 RPM |
16 (a) |
4"/50 (102mm) |
casemates |
11,600 yards @ 15° (6.5 miles) 31 lb. HE shell Rate of fire 6-8 RPM |
3 (b) |
21" (533mm) Torpedo tubes |
2 broadside 1 stern all submerged |
4,500 yards @ 45 knots (2.5 miles) 10,750 yards @ 31 knots (6.1 miles) 515 lb. TNT warhead |
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Armament notes: |
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(a): |
Reduced to 8 in 1967-17. |
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(b): |
Stern tube removed in 1916. |
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After 1919 one 4" and one 3" anti-aircraft guns were installed. |
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History |
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Dec. 7, 1912: |
Collided with HMS Revenge. |
May 31, 1916: |
Participated in the Battle of Jutland. |
Notes:
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Some sources indicate that Orion was built at Devonport however this is incorrect. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Oct. 24, 2007 |