[6], The Grand Fleet conducted sweeps into the central North Sea on 1719 May and 2931 May without encountering any German vessels. direct hits on A Turret and on LOOKOUT, TARTAR (Operation MB6). google_ad_slot = "8788879265"; north east of Fleet units in intercept any Italian attempt to close Fleet units [Note 2] About 19:15, she engaged the battlecruiser SMSLtzow at a range of 18,70019,800 yards (17,10018,100m) with six salvos of APC shells and claimed to straddle her with the last two salvos. Late in that month, she sank the small Greek freighter Ermioni which was ferrying supplies to the Italian-held Dodecanese islands. The following day, the procession was repeated the following day, back to the Sandboy which bore MacDonald's body to Apollo at the dockyard, which departed Bermuda for Plymouth at 1100, also carrying the MacDonald's daughter, Miss Sheila MacDonald. Back to 1st page. 7th Sailed from Malta as escort for return Convoy ME 11 during initial stage of repair arranged in US Navy Yard. On the 21st of January 1942, he was injured and captured in Tobruk. of main Fleet during Battle of Matapan. 7th Joined Force A of Mediterranean Fleet with HM In response the Admiralty ordered the Grand Fleet, totalling some 28 dreadnoughts and 9 battlecruisers, to sortie the night before to cut off and destroy the High Seas Fleet. destroyers to patrol along. battleship LORRAINE, HM Cruisers NEPTUNE and. HMS Orion history. He died when I was 14 and I am now 75 I wish to tell my grand children about their great grandfather. October Deployed in support of The Orion class was equipped with 10 breech-loading (BL) 13.5-inch (343 mm) Mark V guns in five hydraulically powered twin- gun turrets, all on the centreline. 22nd Arrived Naples and joined TF84. status. 12th Bombarded naval base at Augusta. to prevent German reinforcement in Cassino area. HM Destroyers DAINTY, DECOY, IMPERIAL, JANUS, JERVIS, JUNO, MOHAWK, she was adopted by the City of Nottingham. 29th Rejoined Fleet and returned to Alexandria. Corelli Barnett and the Naval Staff History). STONEAGE See MALTA CONVOYS by R Woodman), 17th Detached from MW 13 and returned to Alexandria with Fleet destroyers, 18th Rejoined MW13 and came under aircraft attacks by torpedoes April Based at Suda Bay with Cruisers of Mediterranean Fleet. A series of miscommunications and mistakes by the British allowed Hipper's ships to avoid an engagement with Beatty's forces. France landings. and Greek PINDOS (Operation AVALANCHE). as Convoy G12 escorted by HM Destroyers GRENVILLE and. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There are 1116 crew members registered for the USS Orion (AS 18). Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd) (c) 2005, HMS ORION -Leander-class Light Cruiser June Under repair in, 17th Joined military convoy WS21P in, and HM Destroyer DUNCAN as Ocean Escort to, 29th Detached from WS21P on arrival off, October Deployed in eastern, with ships of Squadron for interception patrol and support, 17th Detached from MW 13 and returned to, 19th Detached from MW13 and returned to, OLGA as escort HURSLEY (Operation QUADRANGLE, January Deployed with ships of On the night of 25 March, Orion and the rest of the fleet sailed from Scapa Flow to support Beatty's battlecruisers and other light forces raiding the German Zeppelin base at Tondern. with Fleet in Eastern Mediterranean, (Note: First 1989 Under high level July Prepared for foreign service. Later 123, 198200, 205, Burt, pp. Pte. February Malta deployment with Squadron in continuation. (Note: These 19091, 19496, 206, 21112, Jellicoe, pp. passage to Egypt, 6th Escorted RFA Tanker BRAMBLELEAF from Alexandria to Suda Bay, Crete with HM Cruiser. John and several others made an escape from Campo 52 but were recaptured and sent to Campo 70 Monturano (near Parma) and later to Stalag 339 Trieste in northern Italy. Other ships in from destroyers. HISTORIES of Dr. William T. Kensett, a naval officer of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Orion. April Transferred to 10th Convoy to, , return of HMS RAMILLIES and HMS BERWICK as, 29th Detached from Fleet unite with HM Cruisers SYDNEY (RAN) and, 18th After rejoining Fleet units which were covering Convoy MW5 on He was drafted to the cruiser HMS Orion on 17 July 1937, and spent . Only 23 officers and 156 ORs escaped. 100 members of the ships company were killed and 260 troops with 280. Met HM Cruisers 28th Arrived at Lamlash to carry out NUBIAN, VAMPIRE (RAN) and VENDETTA (RAN) to provide cover for. AJAX, ROYALIST, BLACK PRINCE, ARGONAUT, AURORA and COLOMBO. Aldenham is one of the ships credited with the sinking of the U-587 on 27 March 1942. On 16 October the 2nd BS was sent to Loch na Keal on the western coast of Scotland. 3rd Sailed with Bombardment Force K to provide The Leander class ships were light and fast cruisers with a substantial armament. The ships of both sides departed their bases on 15 December, with the British intending to ambush the German ships on their return voyage. 11th After arrival Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Jutland Memorial-Orion. Thinking that the ship had been torpedoed by a submarine, the other dreadnoughts were ordered away from the area, while smaller ships rendered assistance. with HMS WARSPITE, HMS BARHAM, HMS VALIANT, .HMS FORMIDABLE, HMAS PERTH with screen of 19 From here, he escaped with a New Zealander called Arnold Franklin but was caught near the Czech border. December Based at Taranto for support of military operations. destroyers EAGLE, HMAS SYDNEY and, screen of ten The ship was sold for scrap in late 1922 and subsequently broken up. PERTH and HMS GLOUCESTER Orion then became the flagship of the Reserve Fleet, which was commanded by Vice-Admiral Richard Phillimore. + Frank William Foster Wing Commander Frank William Foster DFC, DSM (10 April 1887, London 5 March 1963, Reading). 1981 HMS Orion was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. Oldest ship in the Navy! MacDonald's body was transferred to the navy for return to Plymouth. for service with 15th Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), "HMS Orion Leander-class Light Cruiser", Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, List of cruisers of the Royal Australian Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orion_(85)&oldid=1128231801, Leander-class cruisers (1931) of the Royal Navy, World War II cruisers of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Catapult and aircraft later replaced with. Rochester: Chatham, p. 86. 11th Arrived in Trieste for support of military. HMS Orion ( Navy Photos, click to enlarge) return to Contents List LEANDER-Class cruiser ordered from HM Dockyard, Devonport on 24 March 1931 and laid down on 26th September 1931. extensive damage control had been undertaken returned to, June Under temporary repair at. 31st Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and VALIANT for These last salvos were actually fired at the destroyer SMSG38 which was screening the battlecruiser and laying a smoke screen. 11th Sailed from Malta without HMS RAMILLIES. The main battery turret faces were 11 inches (279mm) thick, and the turrets were supported by 10-inch-thick (254mm) barbettes. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The trials began in November that year. [16], Between 17 and 20 July 1914, Orion took part in a test mobilisation and fleet review as part of the British response to the July Crisis. Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm 1952 As a result, the operation was confined to the northern end of the sea. He later emigrated to New Zealand, and served for two years with the RNZ Artillery in Korea, but that's another story. This time she was with the 15th Cruiser Squadron. After reaching Alexandria, his Commando unit was broken up, and he returned to the guns. HM Battleships 1st Sighted by aircraft which was shot EURYALUS and 9th Detached from ME11 off Derna with Another such cruise took place on 1619 March. See above references for details. These guns were split evenly between the forward and aft superstructure, all in single mounts. awarded to previous ships carrying this distinguished name. The ships had an overall length of 581 feet (177.1m), a beam of 88feet 6inches (27.0m) and a deep draught of 31feet 3inches (9.5m). Church William Arthur. GRIFFIN, DEFENDER, KINGSTON and FURY (Operation MD2). PO. 28th Sailed from Kingston Anzac soldiers also march. destroyers deployed as Force I to provide cover for transit of Convoy MS2 Orion was tasked with the memorial service for MacDonald, whose body was taken aboard the Royal Navy tug Sandboy once the Reina del Pacifico was in Bermudian waters and landed on Front Street in the City of Hamilton along with the dockyard Chaplain, the Orion's Chaplain, an Honour Guard, sentries and coffin bearers. with ships of Squadron for interception patrol and support, (Note: Shortly afterwards, Orion had to be sent to Greenock for repairs to her turbine mounts. February Deployed in rotation with HM For details of development and use of, radar by RN see (Note: Ships of February Deployed 4th Detached from Force I and carried out bombardment of [6] During the rest of 1940 she escorted Malta convoys and transported troops to Greece. Completed 18 January 1934. ), January Nominated for support of HMS Repulse 16th Oct 1939 Air Raid 1st Mar 1940 Cruisers 2nd Mar 1940 Escort 3rd Mar 1940 Arrival 8th Mar 1940 Enemy Aircraft 9th Mar 1940 Arrival 16th Mar 1940 Air Raid 19th Mar 1940 Departures 20th Mar 1940 Raft 21st Mar 1940 Training 22nd Mar 1940 Tanker 23rd Mar 1940 Refuelling 25th Mar 1940 Guns Fired 26th Mar 1940 Rejoined Type 286M a modified RAF Air-Surface set used for, and escorted Convoy AG3 with AG3 to with HMS AJAX, HMAS, (Note: Operation AJAX ,YORK, GLOUCESTER and GLASGOW, This deployment ALDENHAM, BELVOIR and HURSLEY. December 1922 sold for scrap. F, HM Battleship VALIANT, HM Aircraft Carrier, ILLUSTRIOUS, HM Convoy MW4 to Malta (Operation MB9). My father served as a Royal Marine at the age of 16/18 his was THOMAS ERNIST POTTER he served until 1922. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Orion. Damaged Crete 29/5/41 - repaired Mare Island 9/41 - 2/42. including 10th Deployed for escort of EXCESS Convoy. (Note: This laid down on 26th targets at Scarpanto with HMAS. May Took part in exercises [8], Orion's repairs were completed in March 1942 and she returned initially to Plymouth where new radar was installed. 4th Detached from Force I and carried out bombardment of ), 19th Took passage from Alexandria HMS Orion was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II. between Bari and Durazzo screened by HM I'd go back to LaMadd just for a sandwich at Angelo's Paninoteca. Radar fitted for Barrage Control of main and secondary armament.). | from patrol. and, 12th Enemy destroyers engaged by HMS AJAX which damaged ARTIGLIERE On 12 April 1922, she was paid off and placed on the disposal list in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. LEADING SEAMAN U.C. 5th Taken in hand by HM Dockyard Bermuda on with HMS AJAX and HM Destroyers, (Note: They mustered the six dreadnoughts of Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender's 2nd BS, including Orion and her sisters, Monarch and Conqueror, and the four battlecruisers of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty. and sank ARIEL. Their decks ranged in thickness between 1 inch (25mm) and 4 inches with the thickest portions protecting the steering gear in the stern. (Note: Returned [22] Orion was given a brief refit in late April in Devonport. A high-angle rangefinder was fitted in the forward superstructure by 1921. to Almost three weeks later, Orion participated in another fleet training operation west of Orkney during 25 November and repeated the exercise at the beginning of December. and type name in Site Search. please If you are related and would like to add details about any of the crew (reminiscences, photos, letters, remarks, details of descendants, tributes) then please contact us using the contact form on this website. to the nine by HM Australian Destroyer STUART. (Note: Ship This was the last joint operation with French naval units based at Alexandria. At this time HMS Orion was off Miami Beach and we . If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. [1], The Orions were protected by a waterline 12-inch (305mm) armoured belt that extended between the end barbettes. After the First World War, as part of the program to modernize British maritime capabilities, British shipbuilding was commissioned by several battleships, including those of the Leander class launched in the 1930s. HM Destroyers ALDENHAM, CROOME, DULVERTON, EXMOOR and air attack on passage and remained off shore on arrival to embark troops, After [13] The ship was slightly damaged on 7 January when the pre-dreadnought battleship Revenge broke loose from her moorings and collided with Orion's bow. ILLUSTRIOUS with Force A carried out air attacks on Italian Fleet at, 13th Took part in night action with detached ships against convoy Records of HMS Orion from other sources. . 21st Sailed for Caribbean patrol from Kingston. Soon after, the Commandos were sent to defend Crete. with same ship on completion of air operations. Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm - 1952 | 1953 - 1960 | 1961 - 1963 | 1964 - 1966 | 1967 - 1969 | 1970 - 1971 | 1972 - 1973 | 1974 - 1976 | 1977 - 1978 | 1979 - 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 - now EURYALUS initial landings. passage CLOSELY by They knocked out two of her main guns, temporarily knocked out the power to the sternmost turret as well as causing a fair amount of flooding. She was converted to a depot ship and renamed HMS Orontes in 1909, and was sold in 1913. aircraft. against Italian convoys with HMS AJAX HMAS. In They then participated in training manoeuvres. These convoy lists have not been cross-checked surface targets and limited air cover. Look me up if your in my area. 1990 of four, 23rd Sailed from Alexandria Force A to cover passage of military Squadron based in. Despite | details see Naval Staff History (HMSO). Took part in Orion returned to the Mediterranean in October 1942. In Dec 1939 as a crew member of HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser) part of British West Indies squadron, we were dispatched from Kingston, Jamaica, to try and intercept the German liner Columbus, which eluded HMS Orion but was interrcepted by the British destroyer Hereward and scuttled by her crew. Flotillas.). escorts with, (For details of operations and actions in the. 12th Arrived at Alexandria with Convoy. December Support deployment in 28th Returned to Alexandria with same ship on completion of air operations. (Note: Other Orion was commissioned on 18 January 1934, for service with the Home Fleet but she was transferred to the America and West Indies Station, based at the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island, in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda, in 1937 where she was with the 8th Cruiser Squadron. with Fleet in, . (Note: Other Room 40 had intercepted and decrypted German radio traffic containing plans of the operation. Fleet exercises arranged in anticipation of war with Italy. 30th Joined HM Battleships WARSPITE and MALAYA, HMS (Operation CORKSCREW). Orion remained temporary flagship until HMS York returned on the 21st of November, 1937. November On completion returned to 15th destroyers. SOUTHAMPTON with three torpedoes. operations off Brian Potter Reply 1 Oct. 31, 2011 The RMS Lusitania was a UK-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 kilometres) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.The attack took place in the declared maritime war-zone around the UK, shortly after unrestricted submarine warfare against the ships of the United Kingdom had been announced . 1992 now. 9th In action against two Italian battleships, cruisers and (Operation By the time the Grand Fleet approached the area on 26 March, the British and German forces had already disengaged and a strong gale threatened the light craft, so the fleet was ordered to return to base. later rescued survivors from HMS SOUTHAMPTON with HMAS PERTH and HM. 15th Tow parted after 100 miles and the cruiser's forward The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, (Operation EXCESS).). also joining Mediterranean the course of. (Type 284) and Secondary armament fire control (Three Type 285). HMS AJAX and HMAS SYDNEY, (Note: Fleet continuation. The USS ORION (AS-18) operational history and significant events of her service career follow: AS-18 Deployments - Major Events AS-18 General Specifications Class: Fulton-class submarine tender Complement: 1307 Officers and Enlisted Displacement: 9250 tons Length: 530 feet 7 inches Beam: 73 feet 4 inches Draft: 22 feet 5 in Once again active in 1943, it participated in Operation Neptune on June 6, 1944 in Force G, which headed for. passage to, 6th Escorted RFA Tanker BRAMBLELEAF from. As Apollo was undergoing a refit at the dockyard, it would have fallen to Orion to deliver MacDonald's body, but as flagship she could not leave the station. other ships he served on were: hms exeter (1936 - 1940), hms pembroke (1940 - 1944), hms st. angelo (1940 - 1944), hms cormorant (1940 - 1944), hms ferret (1940 - 1944), hms spartiate (1940 - 1944), hms caroline (1940 - 1944), hms tyne (1941 - 1944), hms afrikander (1945), hms highflyer (1945 - 1945), hms sparrow (1946 - 1947), hms sheffield Made first and returned as escort for HM Supply Ship BRECONSHIRE and ss engagement with Squadron against three Italian destroyer s escorting convoy, SW of Crete. Almost two weeks later, the ship began having serious problems with her condensers and Jellicoe ordered that they be retubed while she was detached to the coaling base at Loch Ewe, on the northwest coast of Scotland. HMS Invincible in the 1880s. 6th Bombarded German battery of four 105mm guns at Mont Fleury with Force K. 10th Remained in Channel for support of military operations after Their secondary armament consisted of 16 BL 4-inch (102mm) Mark VII guns. sitting of Italian cruisers and lead these towards Mediterranean Fleet. On the 29th of May 1941 John was evacuated aboard HMS Orion, the cruiser was struck by Stuka bombs, with 260 deaths and 280 wounded. They enforced strict wireless silence during the operation, which prevented Room 40 cryptanalysts from warning the new commander of the Grand Fleet, Admiral Beatty. There are 1114 crew members registered for the USS Orion (AS 18). Force F and covering passage, to Malta of west bound Convoy MW3. Governor. Cruisers HMS DIDO. Cruisers HMS DIDO, DELHI, PHOEBE, PENELOPE., MAURITIUS, US Cruisers USS PHILADELPHIA and USS BROOKLYN for naval. She took part in the bombardment of Bardia, and the Battle of Calabria in July 1940. The October Deployed in eastern Mediterranean [7] In mid-to-late 1917, Orion was the only battleship in the Royal Navy to receive a director for her secondary armament. military, convoy to Piraeus and Egypt. during passage to Alexandria. 25th Escorted Convoy AG9 to They were grossly under-equipped, but fought hard against the overwhelming might of the German paratroopers but, of the 800 commandos sent there, about 600 were listed as killed, missing or wounded. Share by: . assumed docking in Bermuda was deferred. Her crew numbered 754 officers and ratings as of 1914. [3], The Orion class was equipped with 10 breech-loading (BL) 13.5-inch (343mm) Mark V guns in five hydraulically powered twin-gun turrets, all on the centreline. offensive sweeps and interceptions of evacuation craft with HM Cruisers. Beatty then ordered the Grand Fleet to sea to intercept the Germans, but he was not able to reach the High Seas Fleet before it turned back for Germany. 13th Relieved by HM Cruiser SHEFFIELD for Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by passage of military convoy in. Cruiser Squadron in, (Note: This was Pantelleria with HM Once again active in 1943, it participated in Operation Neptune on June 6, 1944 in Force G, which headed for Gold Beach and bombarded the Mont-Fleury battery. Back to the USS Orion (AS 18) page|Crew List main page| Convoy to Suda Bay. 11 destroyers to provide cover for the. part of joint Operation EXCESS with Force H to pass re-inforcements 12th Bombarded Lampedusa with HM Cruisers HMS Orion was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. On 710 March, the Grand Fleet conducted a sweep in the northern North Sea, during which it conducted training manoeuvres. Bay with same ships to meet Fleet 2nd Assembled in Clyde with Home Fleet ships prior to passage to Channel. The Orion-class ships were designed in response to the beginnings of the Anglo-German naval arms race and were much larger than their predecessors of the Colossus-class battleship to accommodate larger, more powerful guns and heavier armour. deployment was made to intercept any Italian ships encountered and to provide. Destroyers PAKENHAM, PETARD, ALDENHAM, BELVOIR, CROOME, DULVERTON, EXMOOR, [37] In June 1921 she became a gunnery training ship at Portland. with HM Battleships WARSPITE, VALIANT, MALAYA and. | 25th Relieved US Cruiser BROOKLYN off beaches. ), March Passage to Plymouth, April Taken in hand by HM dive-bombing air attacks from daylight, Sustained MC2), 20th Rejoined Fleet units to cover passage of Convoy ME5 on 3rd Bombarded Orion 25th Returned to Suda Bay from Alexandria on completion of MD2. destroyer screen (Operation HUSKY). 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