HMS Orion (1854)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Orion |
| Launched: | 1854 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1860s |
| General characteristics | |
| Propulsion: | Sails and screw |
| Complement: | 750 officers and men |
| Armament: | 91 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Orion.
HMS Orion was a 91-gun screw ship launched in 1854. She was commanded from this time through to late 1857 by Captain John Elphinstone Erskine, and saw service during the Baltic war against Russia in 1855. The Orion had a crew complement of about 750 men and boys. She was broken up in the 1860s.
The original ship's muster books are held at the National Archives in Kew, London, and can be found within classification ADM/38.
