Piraeus with by HM Destroyers KELLY, KELVIN and JACKAL. 19091, 19496, 206, 21112, Jellicoe, pp. On Damaged Crete 29/5/41 - repaired Mare Island 9/41 - 2/42. 22nd Provided naval gunfire support off Anzio. (Note: HM [6] Additional deck armour was added after the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. Destroyers PAKENHAM, NUBIAN, JAVELIN, PALADIN, HM Escort. Thinking that the ship had been torpedoed by a submarine, the other dreadnoughts were ordered away from the area, while smaller ships rendered assistance. operations in Greek coastal waters. Shortly afterwards, Orion had to be sent to Greenock for repairs to her turbine mounts. [18] On 8 August, Orion was towing a target for the dreadnought Ajax and Monarch when the latter reported that she had been unsuccessfully attacked by a torpedo and the gunnery exercise was terminated. . ships in Group were HM Battleship RAMILLIES, HM Cruisers AJAX. ), 21st Arrived in Malta LEANDER-Class cruiser ordered from HM Dockyard, Devonport on 24 March 1931 and Mediterranean For Full details of this RN deployment see Naval, 21st Bombarded Bardia with French North African PERTH and HMS GLOUCESTER (Operation 25th Deployed with HMS MALAYA, HMS EAGLE, HMAS SYDNEY, HM Cruiser COVENTRY, screened by HM February Nominated for passage via Canada and to bring the ashes of Lord Tweedsmuir Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Orion. [33], By 1 May, Orion had been assigned to the 3rd BS of the Home Fleet and was serving as the flagship for Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas Nicholson, second-in-command of the squadron. Deployed to NE at Port Said and took passage to Suda Bay. 25th Relieved US Cruiser BROOKLYN off beaches. Fleet, on passage to to On arrival assisted HM GLOUCKS1KR also, damaged and As a result, the operation was confined to the northern end of the sea. MacDonald's body was transferred to the navy for return to Plymouth. screened by four Fleet destroyers identified as Force 9). (Type 284) and Secondary armament fire control (Three Type 285). January Under repair in Malta. The turrets were designated 'A', 'B', 'Q', 'X' and 'Y', from front to rear. After arrival at Bay with same ships to meet Fleet See Naval Staff History. 11th After arrival avoided boarding by reaching US coastal waters and entered, 5th Taken in hand by HM Dockyard, February Nominated for passage via, Passage to 3rd Bombarded and, 12th Enemy destroyers engaged by HMS AJAX which damaged ARTIGLIERE OLGA as escort and returned as escort for HM Supply Ship BRECONSHIRE and ss Late in that month, she sank the small Greek freighter Ermioni which was ferrying supplies to the Italian-held Dodecanese islands. (Operation HM Monitors EREBUS, ROBERTS, 29th Rejoined Fleet and returned to Alexandria. with HMS WARSPITE, HMS BARHAM, HMS VALIANT, .HMS FORMIDABLE, HMS [31] The ship was present at Rosyth, Scotland, when the High Seas Fleet surrendered there on 21 November[32] and she remained part of the 2nd BS through 1 March 1919. ABERCROMBIE, HMS MAURITIUS, HM River Gunboats APHIS and, 7th Deployed with escort for assault convoy on passage from Augusta to Salerno Beach Head. during German counter-attack in Bridgehead area. Share by: . landing at Salerno. At 1915 on the 21st of September, while exercising off Bermuda, Orion was ordered, in response to a request from the United States Consul for assistance, to make its way towards the position of the sail training ship USS Annapolis, four hundred miles from Bermuda at 35 degrees North and 54 degrees West. details see ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by C. Barnett, MATAPAN by. After the Grand Fleet was dissolved in early 1919, Orion was transferred to back to the Home Fleet for a few months before she was assigned to the Reserve Fleet. from Gibraltar (Operation TIGER), 9th Met TIGER convoy with HMS AJAX, HMAS These convoy lists have not been cross-checked Under attack by units covering passage of Convoy MW6. Orion remained temporary flagship until HMS York returned on the 21st of November, 1937. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. and MF1 was | C as escort for HM Aircraft Carrier FORMIDABLE with HMAS PERTH, and provision of, November Embarked RAF personnel and stores Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. A series of miscommunications and mistakes by the British allowed Hipper's ships to avoid an engagement with Beatty's forces. EURYALUS No.4 Commando was part of Layforce which was dispatched to the Mediterranean to harrass the Afrika Corps. 23rd Carried out further naval gunfire support. SYDNEY, HM Destroyers MOHAWK and, NUBIAN to carry continuation based at Naples. Destroyers PAKENHAM, PETARD, ALDENHAM, BELVOIR, CROOME, DULVERTON, EXMOOR, tow in the following month. trials ship during underwater explosion experiments in Loch Striven. IMPERIAL, JACKAL and KIMBERLEY as Force "B" to evacuate troops from. During the continuation of the battle of Normandy, it supported by bombing the Commonwealth troops in the region of Tilly-sur-Seulles. Malta of MW6 and later detached to resume covering duties. Governor. The turbines were rated at 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000kW) and were intended to give the battleships a speed of 21 knots (39km/h; 24mph). If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name to send an email to the respective sailor. They then participated in training manoeuvres. Under high level 21st Part of Force MAURITIUS, HMS, UGANDA, HMS AURORA, US cruisers USS PHILADELPHIA, USS BOISE and google_ad_client = "pub-7466149702193824"; for patrol. Upon recapture in April 1944, he was put in Stalag IVA at Hohnstein, where he worked in jobs associated with a nearby lignite coalmine. HMS Lion Crew List (Photographs) / HMS Lion Crew List Live Update / Ships' Book Numbers - List and No. 24th Covered CVE's during air operations air attack on passage and remained off shore on arrival to embark troops, After was disabled and fires caused with a loss of all services. All of the cruisers of the station were away from Bermuda at that moment except for Orion and HMS Apollo. Four 47mm (1.9in) saluting guns were also carried. 1st Taken in hand for repair in HM Dockyard, Portsmouth. transit of convoys MW5A/B and ME4 and from, (Operation MC4 See Naval Staff History), (Note: This was All four mercantiles were sunk and the escorts were damaged. on caiques and mercantiles LUSTRE was the passage of of additional support by destroyers for 25th Escorted Convoy AG9 to units carried out bombardment of Valona (Operation [14] Wemyss was relieved in his turn by Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet on 28 October. H.M.S. The captain, his wife and 14 of his men were taken on board the Orion and kept as prisoners. 28th Returned to Alexandria with same ship on completion of air operations. was part of a Operation COLLAR with Force H to pass reinforcement, ships to Alexandria from Gibraltar, return of HMS RAMILLIES and HMS BERWICK as. against Italian convoys with HMS AJAX HMAS. ed.). equipment.). DECOY, .HM Destroyers HEREWARD, HOTSPUR, March Support duties in 13th Rejoined Fleet to cover carrier air attacks on Leros. operations off Greek mainland and in Aegean. the last major relief convoy operation to Malta see above reference.). [29], The Grand Fleet sortied on 18 August to ambush the High Seas Fleet while it advanced into the southern North Sea, but a series of miscommunications and mistakes prevented Jellicoe from intercepting the German fleet before it returned to port. //-->, if any ads offend, please contact Naval-History.Net, LEANDER-Class cruiser ordered from HM Dockyard, Devonport on 24 March 1931 and 10th Provided cover during refuelling of HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN and Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd) (c) 2005, HMS ORION -Leander-class Light Cruiser 15th Continued support gunfire duty. Built by Devonport Dockyard. The fleet departed for a cruise in the North Sea on 26 February; Jellicoe had intended to use the Harwich Force to sweep the Heligoland Bight, but bad weather prevented operations in the southern North Sea. F, HM Battleship VALIANT, HM Aircraft. Malta Convoys 1941, Matapan 1941, Greece 1941, Crete 1941; Aegean 1944, Anzio 1944, Normandy 1944, South France 1944. cruisers, passage of MS1 and. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. sailed to San Francisco. from protection, 27th Deployed with HM Armed Boarding Vessels CHAKLA and FIONA 1990 See above references for details. Fleet exercises arranged in anticipation of war with, 11th Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and, of Squadron screened by 12 destroyers of 2nd and 14th LUSTRE was the passage of, 12th Further embarkation of troops for passage to, 14th Deployed on offensive sweep in, against Italian convoys with HMS AJAX HMAS, 26th Rejoined Fleet and detached to carry out patrol in, 29th Rejoined Fleet and returned to, North African 24th Deployed with HM Australian Destroyers VOYAGER and VAMPIRE After reaching Alexandria, his Commando unit was broken up, and he returned to the guns. 12th Arrived at Alexandria with Convoy. 18th Repeated bombardment at Gaeta with same ships. Convoy to Suda Bay. on fire during heavy air attacks. HM Destroyers ALDENHAM, CROOME, DULVERTON, EXMOOR and 25th Returned to Suda Bay from Alexandria on completion of MD2. deployment with Squadron in continuation. 4th Detached from Force I and carried out bombardment of Only 23 officers and 156 ORs escaped. 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 during return passage to Alexandria of four mercantiles and the escort. ALDENHAM, BELVOIR and HURSLEY. . See reference for details. They enforced strict wireless silence during the operation, which prevented Room 40 cryptanalysts from warning the new commander of the Grand Fleet, Admiral Beatty. Dr. William T. Kensett, a naval officer of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Orion. Back to the USS Orion (AS 18) page|Crew List main page| HM Destroyers DAINTY, DECOY, IMPERIAL, JANUS, JERVIS, JUNO, MOHAWK, 3rd Deployed in support of landing of British XIII Corps with 2. for assault landings with Squadron. James Gornall the former English first-class cricketer, promoted to Captain in 1941 was placed in command of her in 1943. Force A included HMS WARSPITE, HMS VALIANT, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, HM Cruisers [30] Rear-Admiral William Goodenough assumed command of the division on 5 December[13] and Captain Eric Fullerton relieved Backhouse on the 14th. 31st Carried out further bombarded of shore positions on Pantelleria with HM Destroyers. [12] The ship,[Note 1] together with her sister ships Thunderer and Monarch, participated in the Parliamentary Naval Review on 9 July at Spithead. Cruiser Squadron in, (Note: This was 1991 ORION. HURSLEY, TETCOTT, Greek VASILISSA OLGA and GREEK. 14th Under air attacks off east end of Crete during July Under repair in HM Dockyard, August On completion of repair to allow safe passage, Flotillas.). [26], In an attempt to lure out and destroy a portion of the Grand Fleet, the High Seas Fleet, composed of sixteen dreadnoughts, six pre-dreadnoughts and supporting ships, departed the Jade Bight early on the morning of 31 May. France landings. Despite ), 4th Embarked troop at Suda Bay and escorted Convoy AG3 with AG3 to with HMS AJAX, HMAS. ships in TF63 included HM Cruiser, , HMS AURORA, US cruisers USS PHILADELPHIA, USS BOISE and Orion rejoined the Grand Fleet on 9 September. On completion of Crew list. commercial frequency to enable rescue of survivors by Italian ships. 10,930 troops to. History; United Kingdom; Name: Orion: Namesake: Mythological hunter Orion: Builder: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth: Laid down: 29 November 1909: Launched: . Aldenham is one of the ships credited with the sinking of the U-587 on 27 March 1942. Captured by Orion on June 18-1940, about 800 miles east of the Kermadec Islands, 28 48S 160 38W (captain's report gives 28 04S 166 04W). to the nine repair arranged in US Navy Yard. Messina. Force F and covering passage, to Malta of west bound Convoy MW3. 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. On 12 April 1922, she was paid off and placed on the disposal list in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Records of HMS Orion from other sources. On 16 October the 2nd BS was sent to Loch na Keal on the western coast of Scotland. By October 1914, a pair of 3-inch (76mm) anti-aircraft (AA) guns had been added. Add yours! Italian torpedo boats MA536 which was damaged and MAS 537 Convoy AN5 in Aegean (Operation MAQ2), (Note: This also Gnr. following a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign 16th Arrived at Alexandria and detached after tow transferred. YORK and HM Corvettes HYACINTH, PEONY, GLOXINIA and SALVIA. details see Naval Staff History (HMSO). After the First World War, as part of the program to modernize British maritime capabilities, British shipbuilding was commissioned by several battleships, including those of the Leander class launched in the 1930s. to resume interception of enemy supply convoys. It left the service in 1947 and was sold for demolition on July 19, 1949. My father served as a Royal Marine at the age of 16/18 his was THOMAS ERNIST POTTER he served until 1922. Yalta conference with Stalin. with HM Cruisers NEWFOUNDLAND, PENELOPE and. This was my first ship, had fond memories sailing her back to the United States from Italy and participating in the decommissioning in 1993. After Throughout the rest of the month, the Grand Fleet conducted numerous training exercises. Want to know what life was like during the War? down by FULMAR aircraft from HMS ILLUSTRIOUS. This page was last edited on 19 December 2022, at 03:18. Another such cruise took place on 1619 March. 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. The two ships were in sight of each other by 0858 on the 22nd of September. 1986 HMS Orion was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II. Another sweep began on 6 March, but had to be abandoned the following day as the weather grew too severe for the escorting destroyers. (Note: This ship please she was adopted by the City of Nottingham. Bay and, ntercept invasion craft taking German troops to, 22nd Continued patrol and returned with Force destroyers to patrol along. [24], The Grand Fleet sortied in response to an attack by German ships on British light forces near Dogger Bank on 10 February 1916, but it was recalled two days later when it became clear that no German ships larger than a destroyer were involved. AURORA and BLACK Back to 1st page. | MD3 See Naval Staff History, Battle In [10] The ship was laid down at HM Dockyard, Portsmouth on 29 November 1909. Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. 15th Under fire from Albanian shore batteries in Corfu Channel. (Note: Fleet Crew 754. 228, 23435, 243, 246, 250, 253, 25758, Jellicoe, pp. Adriatic to support military operations. the west coast of Italy and, April Carried out bombardment (Note: the last major relief convoy operation to, as escort for return Convoy ME 11 during initial stage of Infantry Division with HM HQ Ship, BULOLO, HM In the early part of 1941 she was in the Crete and Aegean areas and was also at the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. Cruisers CAIRO and COVENTRY joining Fleet based at Alexandria. Research Status. (Note: HMS AJAX She spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets, generally serving as a flagship. June Under repair in, 17th Joined military convoy WS21P in, and HM Destroyer DUNCAN as Ocean Escort to, 29th Detached from WS21P on arrival off, October Deployed in eastern, with ships of Squadron for interception patrol and support, 17th Detached from MW 13 and returned to, 19th Detached from MW13 and returned to, OLGA as escort The turrets were designated 'A', 'B', 'Q', 'X' and 'Y', from front to rear. Crew List With Additional Information. [15] The three sisters were present with the 2nd BS to receive the President of France, Raymond Poincar, at Spithead on 24 June 1913 and then participated in the annual fleet manoeuvres in August. Her crew numbered 754 officers and ratings as of 1914. with HM Cruiser SPARTAN and HM Destroyers FAULKNOR, 22nd Provided naval gunfire support off, 24th Withdrawn due to weather damage and returned to. 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