HMS Orontes

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Orontes:

• HMS Orontes was a 36-gun fifth rate, built as HMS Brilliant but renamed HMS Orontes in 1812 and launched in 1813. She was broken up in 1817.
• HMS Orontes was an iron screw troopship launched in 1862 and sold for breaking up in 1893.
• HMS Orontes was the former Swiftsure-class battleship HMS Swiftsure. Swiftsure was renamed Orontes when reduced to harbour service in 1904, and was sold in 1908.
• HMS Orontes was a depot ship, the former Belleisle-class battleship HMS Orion. Orion was renamed Orontes in 1909 and sold in 1913.