HMS Orion (1910)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 1909 |
| Laid down: | 29 November 1909 |
| Launched: | 20 August 1910 |
| Commissioned: | January 1912 |
| Decommissioned: | 1922 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap |
| Struck: | 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 22,000 tons standard/25,870 tons max |
| Length: | 581 feet (177.1 m) |
| Beam: | 88 feet (26.8 m) |
| Draught: | 24 feet (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 18 boilers, 4 shafts, 27,000 hp |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 750–1100 |
| Armament: | Ten 13.5 inch (343 mm) guns, sixteen 4 inch (102 mm) guns, three 21 inch (533 mm) submerged torpedo tubes |
HMS Orion was a battleship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1910, the lead ship of her class and the first "super-dreadnought". In World War I she served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow and fought at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage. Orion was the first battleship of the Royal Navy to adopt the superfiring turret layout pioneered by the US Navy in the South Carolina class battleships.
As a result of the Washington Naval Treaty she was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1922.
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| Orion-class battleship |
| Orion | Monarch | Conqueror | Thunderer |
| Preceded by: Colossus class - Followed by: King George V class |
List of battleships of the Royal Navy |
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