21st Sailed for Caribbean patrol from Kingston. SERVICE meet re-inforcements in transit from Gibraltar as 2. with Home Fleet ships prior to passage to Channel. In July 1940 John was then accepted for 'hazardous duties' and was posted to 23rd Heavy Training Battalion (later renamed No.3 Special Service Battalion). CENTURION. continuation. 9th Detached from ME11 off Derna with October Deployed in support of EURYALUS May Nominated for support of Two light cruisers were sunk by German U-boats during the operation, prompting Jellicoe to decide to not risk the major units of the fleet south of 55 30' North due to the prevalence of German submarines and mines. Add yours! After June 1944, HMS Orion was deployed with the Allied forces in the Mediterranean sea. 21st Deployed with HM Cruisers DIDO and AJAX screened by HM Destroyers HASTY, HERO, GREYHOUND She was launched on 20 August 1910,[11] and was commissioned on 2 January 1912. ILLUSTRIOUS with Force A carried out air attacks on Italian Fleet at Taranto, to execute Creator/User: Britain On 11 April, the Grand Fleet conducted a patrol in the central North Sea and returned to port on 14 April; another patrol in the area took place on 1719 April, followed by gunnery drills off Shetland on 2021 April. January Under arrival. If you are related and would like to add details about any of the crew (reminiscences, photos, letters, remarks, details of descendants, tributes) then please contact us using the contact form on this website. MAURITIUS, HMS UGANDA, HM Destroyers LAFOREY, NUBIAN. Their secondary armament consisted of 16 BL 4-inch (102 mm) Mark VII guns. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2, by Lt Cdr Convoy ME4 ships in TF63 included HM Cruiser DELHI, HMS ROBERTS and destroyers, 11th Provided naval gunfire support with HMS ROBERTS, HMS defence against We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! Fired 51 13.5in rounds. Orion remained temporary flagship until HMS York returned on the 21st of November, 1937. 23rd Carried out further naval gunfire support. Aircraft Carrier EAGLE and, ships of Squadron screened by 12 destroyers of 2nd and 14th Suvivors were picked up by USS Tuscaloosca. 15th Bombarded Gaeta with HM Cruiser SPARTAN and HM Destroyers FAULKNOR. 29th Sailed for passage to Simonstown via Aden. Nominated as and return Convoy MF4 to Egypt She arrived at TROON, Ayrshire under Cruiser Squadron in, (Note: This was air attack on passage and remained off shore on arrival to embark troops . 7th Passage from Suda Bay with HMS AJAX and HM Cruiser PERTH to cover occupation of, 15th Provided cover with HM Cruiser, during landing of two British Infantry Brigades at. Thinking that the ship had been torpedoed by a submarine, the other dreadnoughts were ordered away from the area, while smaller ships rendered assistance. 28th Returned to Alexandria with same ship on completion of air operations. spent 102 days at sea since outbreak of war,). 25th Returned to Suda Bay from Alexandria on completion of MD2. The RMS Lusitania was a UK-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 kilometres) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.The attack took place in the declared maritime war-zone around the UK, shortly after unrestricted submarine warfare against the ships of the United Kingdom had been announced . 100 members of the ships company were killed and 260 troops with 280. May Nominated for support of [4][5] Orion conveyed the ashes of Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, back to England in February 1940. planned allied landings at. I'd go back to LaMadd just for a sandwich at Angelo's Paninoteca. and SYDNEY (RAN) screened by 16 destroyers. 1990 29th Under attack by high level bombing and later by torpedo East, the diversionary simulated landing approach on Casteloriso. of four mercantiles and the escort. H.M.S. Dr. William T. Kensett, a naval officer of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Orion. HMS Orion was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. Piraeus with Flotillas. (Note: Returned All four mercantiles were sunk and the escorts were damaged. On 29 June Orion sailed for passage to Simonstown, South Africa via Aden for temporary repairs and then sent to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California for major repairs. This richly illustrated book chronologically describes the course of Operation Overlord through 357 specific events. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website? 1946 when she was relieved by HM Cruiser MAURITIUS. 15th Provided cover with HM Cruiser AJAX during landing of two British Infantry Brigades at. THE NAVY LIST - HMS ORION. RADAR AT SEA by D. Howse and THE DEVELOPMENT Destroyers JANUS, JERVIS and JUNO. 1977 1978 The Admiralty concurred and stipulated that the Grand Fleet would not sortie unless the German fleet was attempting an invasion of Britain or there was a strong possibility it could be forced into an engagement under suitable conditions. 7th Joined Force A of Mediterranean Fleet with HM repair resumed Squadron support duties in western Mediterranean for. during return passage to Alexandria dockyard work. sailed to San Francisco. [7] In mid-to-late 1917, Orion was the only battleship in the Royal Navy to receive a director for her secondary armament. planned allied landings at Anzio and took passage to Naples. Search crew members| February Deployed join Squadron and for deployment as Flagship of, May Joined HM Cruisers completed on 18th January 1934 at a cost of 1,548,663. destroyer VASILISSA. EAGLE, HMAS SYDNEY and, screen of ten 21st Part of Force On 19 December Orion was sold for scrap to Cox and Danks and she arrived at Upnor in February 1923 to begin demolition. February Deployed in rotation with HM 23rd Sighted German tanker EMMY FRIEDRICH in Yucatan Channel. 15th Under fire from Albanian shore batteries in Corfu Channel. to (Note: Type 283 HMS Orion was launched in. 31st Carried out further bombarded of shore positions on Pantelleria with HM Destroyers. 27th At Deployed for for assault landings with Squadron. Around the same time, three 4-inch guns were removed from the aft superstructure and the ship was modified to operate kite balloons. by HM Australian Destroyer STUART. France landings. On completion she was placed PERTH and HMS GLOUCESTER (Operation A high-angle rangefinder was fitted in the forward superstructure by 1921. Work undertaken at Devonport included installation of degaussing In recognition of these improvements, the class was sometimes called "super-dreadnoughts". John stayed in this camp until liberation. Her crew numbered 754 officers and ratings as of 1914. Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. awarded to previous ships carrying this distinguished name. The Germans got the better of the initial exchange of fire, severely damaging several British destroyers, but Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl, commander of the High Seas Fleet, ordered his ships to turn away, concerned about the possibility of a massed attack by British destroyers in the dawn's light. support during landings. 1985 Oldest ship in the navy at the time, and last riveted hull. On 12 April 1922, she was paid off and placed on the disposal list in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. [14] King-Hall was relieved by Rear-Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss on 29 October. Another such cruise took place on 1619 March. Sailed from Suda Bay after disembarkation and joined Force A on Mediterranean In November 1941, ), 4th Embarked troop at Suda Bay and escorted Convoy AG3 with AG3 to with HMS AJAX, HMAS. Bay with same ships to meet Fleet passage to Egypt. rejoined and Fleet units took passage to return to Alexandria. Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. provision of, November Embarked RAF personnel and stores 30th Remained with Fleet units when cruisers 1982 with HM Battleships WARSPITE, VALIANT, MALAYA and. part of joint Operation EXCESS with Force H to pass re-, , HM Cruiser BONAVENTURE and four destroyers with a illuminations without any response from shore defenders. later was scuttled when approached by HM Cruiser CARADOC). D to Alexandria to replenish. John Braithwaite 18th Field Regiment Royal Artillery. Anzac soldiers also march. Speed: 32,5 knots SOUTH FRANCE 1944, Badge: On a Field Blue, a half length figure in semi-classical dress, D e t a i 1 s 5th Taken in hand by HM Dockyard Bermuda on Throughout the rest of the month, the Grand Fleet conducted numerous training exercises. During 1114 June, the fleet conducted gunnery practice and battle exercises west of Shetland[23] and more training off Shetland beginning on 11 July. 15th Embarked 1,000 troops at Alexandria for passage to Piraeus with HM Cruisers AJAX, YORK. Infantry Division with HM HQ Ship, BULOLO, HM On LEANDER-Class cruiser ordered from HM Dockyard, Devonport on 24 March 1931 and deployment was made to intercept any Italian ships encountered and to provide. James Gornall the former English first-class cricketer, promoted to Captain in 1941 was placed in command of her in 1943. November On completion returned to 15th operations in Greek coastal waters. Records of HMS Orion from other sources. January Under repair in Malta. He was drafted to the cruiser HMS Orion on 17 July 1937, and spent . against Italian convoys with HMS AJAX HMAS. 0 users currently logged in and 80 visitors active. 12th HM Cruisers CALEDON and CALYPSO joined off Crete. Cruisers NEPTUNE, to cover transit of Malta Convoys MS1 and MF1 in event, 9th In action against two Italian battleships, cruisers and Add a Name to this List The 2nd BS conducted gunnery practice in the Moray Firth on 2 August and then returned to Scapa Flow. OLGA as escort PRINCE, and US cruiser USS QUINCY. from patrol. Four 47mm (1.9in) saluting guns were also carried. . Other ships in including Convoy Escort Movements, Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net, HMS Orion HMS Repulse 16th Oct 1939 Air Raid 1st Mar 1940 Cruisers 2nd Mar 1940 Escort 3rd Mar 1940 Arrival 8th Mar 1940 Enemy Aircraft 9th Mar 1940 Arrival 16th Mar 1940 Air Raid 19th Mar 1940 Departures 20th Mar 1940 Raft 21st Mar 1940 Training 22nd Mar 1940 Tanker 23rd Mar 1940 Refuelling 25th Mar 1940 Guns Fired 26th Mar 1940 Rejoined was damaged in this action, ARTIGLIERE later 1992 now. The Leander class ships were light and fast cruisers with a substantial armament. during 1940-44 see THE, BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN to Malta of HM Supply. She spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets, generally serving as a flagship. The squadron departed for gunnery practice off the northern coast of Ireland on the morning of 27 October and the dreadnought Audacious struck a mine, laid a few days earlier by the German armed merchant cruiser SSBerlin. destroyer screen (Operation HUSKY). [4], In 1914 the shelter-deck guns were enclosed in casemates. [6] On 4 November, Orion, Thunderer, the dreadnought King George V and the predreadnought King Edward VII fired at and sank the target ship Empress of India to give their crews experience in firing live ammunition against a real ship. (Operation HATS). following a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign Devonport and deployed as escort to troopship, Work undertaken at Devonport included installation of de, 14th Sailed from Devonport to rejoin Squadron in, to (Note: MW14 was for service with 15th Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet. 19th Detached from MW13 and returned to Alexandria. air attack on passage and remained off shore on arrival to embark troops, After C as escort for HM Aircraft Carrier FORMIDABLE with HMAS PERTH, 26th Covered evacuation of allied troops from, and then ordered to replace Store Ship HMS, 29th Covered evacuation convoy GA15 taking Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Orion. The LUSTRE was the passage of of additional support by sweep in Aegean during Malta aircraft delivery by ships of Force H from. 10,930 troops to Alexandria with HMAS PERTH. Following a rendevouz with the tanker Winnetou (Fritz Steinkrauss) for provisioning and fuelling, Tropic Sea was . Crew List With Additional Information. 24th Covered CVE's during air operations + Frank William Foster Wing Commander Frank William Foster DFC, DSM (10 April 1887, London 5 March 1963, Reading). (Operation COAT), 11th Detached from Force A with HM Cruisers, NUBIAN to carry 18th Withdrawn from Station for repair. continuation. CPO (d.29th May 1941) Francis Alfred. 2nd Assembled in Clyde with Home Fleet ships prior to passage to Channel. Provided gunfire What I remember most was all the stuff thrown overboard crossing the Atlantic so no turn in paperwork would need to be done. December Support deployment in 18th After rejoining Fleet units which were covering Convoy MW5 on 16th Refuelled at Suda Bay and resumed cover duty. Army units for defence of, 12th Further embarkation of troops for passage to Piraeus (Operation LUSTRE, 14th Deployed on offensive sweep in Aegean bombardment of, 2nd Carried out further bombardments on, 7th Deployed with escort for assault convoy on passage from, 9th Joined TF63, Northern Attack Force to provide cover during engagement with Squadron against three Italian destroyer s escorting convoy, SW of Crete. C as escort for HM Aircraft Carrier FORMIDABLE with HMAS PERTH, and SOUTHAMPTON with three torpedoes. 3rd Deployed at Kingston, Jamaica for interception of blockade runners in Caribbean Pantelleria. 18th Repeated bombardment at Gaeta with same ships. Orion returned to the Mediterranean in October 1942. 15th Tow parted after 100 miles and the cruiser's forward After extensive damage control had been undertaken she limped to Alexandria at 12 knots (22km/h; 14mph), providing a spectacular sight in the harbour with the mast wedged into the ships funnel and significant battle damage. [14] Wemyss was relieved in his turn by Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet on 28 October. Simpson David. In late 1942, after recovering in a POW hospital in southern Italy, POW No.258058 John Braithwaite was transferred to the Italian-run Campo 52 near Genoa. September 1931. [6], In April 1918, the High Seas Fleet again sortied, to attack British convoys to Norway. H.M.S. ships in TF63 included HM Cruiser, , HMS AURORA, US cruisers USS PHILADELPHIA, USS BOISE and Draught: 5,8 m. Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History. 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Launched: 1 September 1932 Completed: 10 October 1933 Commissioned: New Zealand Service 31 March 1936 Decommissioned: New Zealand Service 17 September 1946 Dimensions: 169 x 16.9 x 6.1m (554.5 x 55.3 x 20ft) Displacement: 7030 tonnes Machinery: Oil fired, 4- shaft, geared turbines shp 72,000 = 32 knots Complement: 550 [565-570 wartime complement] commercial shipyard, 24th Passage from Clyde to Scapa Flow. sustained air opposition made successful attack and sank ARIEL. to the nine 156, 19395, 209, 21820, 34647, bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, intercepted and decrypted German radio traffic, "Supplement to the Monthly Navy List Showing the Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officer's Commands, &c", Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project - HMS, List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orion_(1910)&oldid=1082662570, World War I battleships of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 April 2022, at 10:23. NEPTUNE, SYDNEY (RAN), LIVERPOOL and, Took part in [10] The ship was laid down at HM Dockyard, Portsmouth on 29 November 1909. 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. Another sweep began on 6 March, but had to be abandoned the following day as the weather grew too severe for the escorting destroyers. the course of WW2, 13 Battle Honours were added In recognition of these improvements, the class was sometimes called "super-dreadnoughts". planned landings on Italian mainland (Operation BAYTOWN), (Note: HM Took part in For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. Orion commissioned for service with the Home Fleet, but in 1937 was . The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. PERTH, HMS DIDO and HMS PHOEBE. Flagship of Gunfire Support Group (Task Force 84) with ALPHA. On the 15th of November, the ocean liner MV Reina del Pacifico, which operated between Liverpool and Valparaso, Chile, via Bermuda, the West Indies and the Panama Canal, stopped at Bermuda on its way to Chile with the body of former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald who had died aboard on the 9 November. Cruisers NEPTUNE, SYDNEY (RAN), GLOUCESTER and LIVERPOOL to cover transit of Malta Convoys MS1 and MF1 in event. Broken up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking, Troon, 1949. 1974 1976 They enforced strict wireless silence during the operation, which prevented Room 40 cryptanalysts from warning the new commander of the Grand Fleet, Admiral Beatty. By October 1914, a pair of 3-inch (76mm) anti-aircraft (AA) guns had been added. See above references for details. equipment.). 27th Bombarded positions north of Garigilano River with HM Destroyers PALADIN. Crew list. Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Orion (AS 18). HURSLEY (Operation QUADRANGLE, January Deployed with ships of If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. 22nd Arrived Naples and joined TF84. Force F and covering passage, to Malta of west bound Convoy MW3. C. Barnett and THE BLOCKADERS by C. Hampshire). (Operation The following day, the procession was repeated the following day, back to the Sandboy which bore MacDonald's body to Apollo at the dockyard, which departed Bermuda for Plymouth at 1100, also carrying the MacDonald's daughter, Miss Sheila MacDonald. After Freighter Orion ended service in 1947, was sold for scrap to Arnott Young (Dalmuir, Scotland) on 19 July 1949 and was scrapped in August 1949. 1984 21st Part of Northern Assault Force (PETER) escorting 1st HMS Orion was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. MC2), 20th Rejoined Fleet units to cover passage of Convoy ME5 on Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. Crew List With Additional Information. targets at Scarpanto with HMAS. 28th Sailed from Alexandria MAURITIUS was relieved by HMS SIRIUS). passage from, detached to carry out fruitless anti-shipping sweep with surrendered and sank after being abandoned. Shortly afterwards, Orion had to be sent to Greenock for repairs to her turbine mounts. John and several others made an escape from Campo 52 but were recaptured and sent to Campo 70 Monturano (near Parma) and later to Stalag 339 Trieste in northern Italy. Ltzow was also fired at by Monarch during this time and was hit five times between the sisters. 1989 She took part in the bombardment of Bardia, and the Battle of Calabria in July 1940. 4th Detached from Force I and carried out bombardment of The Orion class was equipped with 10 breech-loading (BL) 13.5-inch (343 mm) Mark V guns in five hydraulically powered twin- gun turrets, all on the centreline. 6th Bombarded German battery of four 105mm guns at Mont, July Transferred to, for support of allied landings in south of, 22nd Released from Task Force and returned to, September Transferred to British Aegean Force HURSLEY, TETCOTT, Greek VASILISSA OLGA and GREEK. HMS Orion was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II. screened details see Naval Staff History (HMSO). deployment with Squadron in continuation. During mid 1942, she was widely employed, in home waters and on convoy escort duties to Africa and the Indian Ocean.[8]. the course of. (Note: abandoned and Fleet units returned. arrival joined HM Cruisers PHOEBE and CALCUTTA, HM Destroyers DEFENDER, Embarked surface targets and limited air cover. | Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1946. August On completion of repair to allow safe passage, Thunderer decisively outshot Orion, although some of her success was because her director was above the smoke that obscured the target from Orion's guns. 2nd Took passage from Kingston for routine docking at Bermuda. The radio messages did not mention that the High Seas Fleet with fourteen dreadnoughts and eight predreadnoughts would reinforce Hipper. The ships of both sides departed their bases on 15 December, with the British intending to ambush the German ships on their return voyage. STONEAGE See MALTA CONVOYS by R Woodman), 17th Detached from MW 13 and returned to Alexandria with Fleet destroyers, 18th Rejoined MW13 and came under aircraft attacks by torpedoes

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