HMS Orion (1910)
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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 m) |
| Beam: | 88 feet (27 m) |
| Draught: | 24 feet (7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 18 boilers, 4 shafts, 27,000 hp |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 750–1100 |
| Armament: | Ten 13.5-inch guns, sixteen 4-inch guns, three 21-inch submered 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.
As a result of the Washington Naval Treaty she was decomissioned and sold for scrap in 1922.
| Orion-class battleship |
| Orion | Monarch | Conqueror | Thunderer |
| List of battleships of the Royal Navy |