HMS Orion (85)

	HMS Orion
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Orion
Builder	Devonport Dockyard / Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	26 September 1931
Launched	24 November 1932
Commissioned	18 January 1934
Decommissioned	1947
Identification	Pennant number: 85
Fate	Sold for scrap 19 July 1949
General characteristics
Class and type	Leander-class light cruiser
Displacement	7,270 tons standard; 9,740 tons full load;
Length	554.9 ft (169.1 m)
Beam	56 ft (17 m)
Draught	19.1 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power	72,000 shaft horsepower (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	Four Parsons geared steam turbines; Six Admiralty 3-drum oil-fired boilers; Four shafts;
Speed	32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Range	5,730 nm at 13 knots
Complement	Peacetime 550; Wartime 680;
Sensors and ; processing systems	type 284/286 air search radar; type 273/271 surface search; type 285 6 inch (152 mm) fire control; type 282 40 mm fire control;
Armament	Original configuration:; 8 × BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval guns; 4 × 4-inch (102 mm) guns; 12 × 0.5 in machine guns; 8 × 21 in torpedo tubes; In 1945:; 8 × 6 in (152 mm); 8 × 4 in (102 mm); 16 × 40 mm; 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (quadruple mounts);
Armour	4 in (102 mm) main belt; 2.5 in (64 mm) ends; 1.25 to 2 in (32 to 51 mm) deck; 1 in (25 mm) turrets;
Aircraft carried	One catapult-launched aircraft; Original type was a Fairey Seafox (K8571 shown in a 1937 photograph, and K8573 in a 1938 photograph); Catapult and aircraft later replaced with Supermarine Walrus;

HMS Orion was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II. She received 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by HMS Warspite and matched by two others.

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