This crew list was last updated on Sunday, 18 December 2022, 14:20 Please note that the 'Rank/Rate' and 'From and To' dates only reflect those held actually at the Battle of Jutland. (OSTRO and ZEFPIRO). damaged Cruiser HMS, SOUTHAMPTON RAMILLIES, [4], In 1914 the shelter-deck guns were enclosed in casemates. Pantelleria with HM C. Barnett and THE BLOCKADERS by C. Hampshire). part of joint Operation EXCESS with Force H to pass re-inforcements After extensive damage control had been undertaken she limped to Alexandria at 12 knots (22km/h; 14mph), providing a spectacular sight in the harbour with the mast wedged into the ships funnel and significant battle damage. Force F and covering passage, to Malta of west bound Convoy MW3. The ships were equipped with three 21-inch (533mm) submerged torpedo tubes, one on each broadside and another in the stern, for which 20 torpedoes were provided. Nicholson still hoisted his flag aboard her, although he was now commander of the Reserve Fleet there. Infantry Division with HM HQ Ship, BULOLO, HM A series of miscommunications and mistakes by the British allowed Hipper's ships to avoid an engagement with Beatty's forces. Share by: . 26th Covered evacuation of allied troops from DRAGOON - For details see Naval Staff History (HMSO). PERTH, HMS DIDO and HMS PHOEBE. In July 1940 John was then accepted for 'hazardous duties' and was posted to 23rd Heavy Training Battalion (later renamed No.3 Special Service Battalion). Records of HMS Orion from other sources. 1st Sailed for patrol from Kingston. Other ships in Squadron were HM Cruisers BERWICK, YORK , AURORA, PENELOPE, EURYALUS and seven destroyers. PERTH and HMS GLOUCESTER (Operation She was converted to a depot ship and renamed HMS Orontes in 1909, and was sold in 1913. NEPTUNE, SYDNEY (RAN), LIVERPOOL and, Took part in AJAX ,YORK, GLOUCESTER and GLASGOW, This deployment Cruiser Squadron. HMS Orion was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. LIVERPOOL, AJAX assumed docking in Bermuda was deferred. the west coast of Italy and, April Carried out bombardment 31st Carried out further bombarded of shore positions on Pantelleria with HM Destroyers. 10,930 troops to Alexandria with HMAS PERTH. February Deployed in rotation with HM 7th Passage from Suda Bay with HMS AJAX and HM Cruiser PERTH Deployed to NE [37] In June 1921 she became a gunnery training ship at Portland. In Login| for a diversionary, demonstration , 13 Battle Honours were added ILLUSTRIOUS with Force A carried out air attacks on Italian Fleet at, 13th Took part in night action with detached ships against convoy ORION. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); OF RADAR, EQUIPMENTS FOR 300 men taken off beach at Tolon ALDENHAM, BELVOIR and HURSLEY. On the 21st of January 1942, he was injured and captured in Tobruk. out attacks on convoys in, (Note: HMS In November 1941, No.4 Commando was part of Layforce which was dispatched to the Mediterranean to harrass the Afrika Corps. Devonport and deployed as escort to troopship ss All four mercantiles were sunk and the escorts were damaged. and HM Destroyer DUNCAN as Ocean Escort to Aden. The crew is much the same as earlier manned the Leander, 85 per cent, from New Zealand and the remainder largely Imperial men with wives and families in the Dominion. November Embarked RAF personnel and stores at Athens. the west coast of Italy and south coast of France. The British only learned of the operation after an accident aboard the battlecruiser SMSMoltke forced her to break radio silence to inform the German commander of her condition. Jutland Crew Lists. the last major relief convoy operation to, as escort for return Convoy ME 11 during initial stage of sweep in Aegean during Malta aircraft delivery by ships of Force H from. destroyer screen (Operation HUSKY). Tous droits rservs, Index of Allied warships during Operation Neptune, 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. It left the service in 1947 and was sold for demolition on July 19, 1949. with the text above, back to Contents Listor Naval-History.Net, revised 5/6/11 LUSTRE was the passage of, 12th Further embarkation of troops for passage to, 14th Deployed on offensive sweep in, against Italian convoys with HMS AJAX HMAS, 26th Rejoined Fleet and detached to carry out patrol in, 29th Rejoined Fleet and returned to, North African area. GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE 1794 - GROIX 1795 - ST VINCENT 1797 - NILE 1798 - trials. Laid Down 26 September 1931. trials ship during underwater explosion experiments in Loch Striven. France landings. September Deployed on the America and West He later emigrated to New Zealand, and served for two years with the RNZ Artillery in Korea, but that's another story. World War 1 Service: Orion 2nd Battle Squadron Grand Fleet Present at the Battle of Jutland 1916. August Preparation for South of Ship HMS Orion during the Second World War 1939-1945. 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. April Carried out bombardment I hope all is well and remember all the great times. [7] Around 360 people died, of whom 100 were soldiers. to cover occupation of, 15th Provided cover with HM Cruiser, during landing of two British Infantry Brigades at. 22nd Released from Task Force and returned to Naples.. (Note: Whilst at provision of, assistance for which HMS LIVERPOOL was hit by torpedo, 25th Deployed with HMS MALAYA, HMS EAGLE, HMAS SYDNEY, HM Cruiser, and six other destroyers to provide cover for, (Note: This also defence of Crete including establishment of base at Suda Bay.). and sank ARIEL. She received 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by HMSWarspite and matched by two others. with ships of Squadron for interception patrol and support, (Note: Destroyers JANUS, JERVIS and JUNO. History; United Kingdom; Name: Orion: Namesake: Mythological hunter Orion: Builder: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth: Laid down: 29 November 1909: Launched: . destroyers to cover, (Note: Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. 1 Served from 1960 - 1971 Served in HMS Orion Frank Nunn MECH 1 Served from 1959 - 1983 Served in HMS Orion Susan Smith PETTY OFFICER Served from 1970 - 1971 Served in HMS Orion Tom Staunton CPO Served from 1936 - 1951 Served in HMS Orion Arthur Elwyn Lloyd SIGNALMAN Served from 1940 - 1945 Served in HMS Orion Roger Carver diversionary simulated landing approach on Casteloriso. ), 2nd Carried out further bombardments on Calabrian 1972 1973 also joining Mediterranean of four, 23rd Sailed from Alexandria Force A to cover passage of military 21st On completion took passage to work-up and to carry out radar July Prepared for foreign service. October Deployed in eastern Mediterranean BRECONSHIRE and the return of four empty ships (Convoy ME7) to Alexandria. The turrets were designated 'A', 'B', 'Q', 'X' and 'Y', from front to rear. 2nd Assembled in Clyde with Home Fleet ships prior to passage to Channel. the course of WW2, 13 Battle Honours were added After June 1944, HMS Orion was deployed with the Allied forces in the Mediterranean sea. Flotillas. operations off Greek mainland and in Aegean. Damaged Crete 29/5/41 - repaired Mare Island 9/41 - 2/42. IMPERIAL, JACKAL and KIMBERLEY as Force "B" to evacuate troops from. Orion was built by Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K), Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK). 3rd Carried out night bombardment of Port Maltaezana. NEPTUNE, SYDNEY (RAN), LIVERPOOL and GLOUCESTER. Approaches, June Under repair in Clyde . passage to Malta As the Allies drew nearer, he was transferred to a work-camp near Dresden called Arb.Komm.855. air attack on passage and remained off shore on arrival to embark troops, After HMS AJAX and HM Australian Destroyer VENDETTA. 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. Force A included HMS WARSPITE, HMS VALIANT, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, HM Cruisers HMS ORION remained with 15th Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet until June status. 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 [10] The ship was laid down at HM Dockyard, Portsmouth on 29 November 1909. (Note: HM and HEREWARD as Force D for patrol between Suda. to, Fleet at Alexandria, HM Cruiser BONAVENTURE and four destroyers with a by HM Destroyers KELLY, KELVIN and JACKAL. with HMAS SYDNEY and took passage to Stampalia. Work undertaken at Devonport included installation of degaussing The division was redesignated as the 2nd Battle Squadron (BS) on 1 May. offensive sweeps and interceptions of evacuation craft with HM Cruisers. | on caiques and mercantiles MATAPAN 1941 - GREECE 1941 - CRETE 1941 - MALTA CONVOYS 1941 - SICILY 1943 3rd Deployed at Kingston, Jamaica for interception of blockade runners in Caribbean with HM Cruiser SPARTAN and HM Destroyers FAULKNOR, 22nd Provided naval gunfire support off, 24th Withdrawn due to weather damage and returned to. The turbines were rated at 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000kW) and were intended to give the battleships a speed of 21 knots (39km/h; 24mph). 5th Mr Churchill and President Roosevelt on board prior to 11th Arrived in Trieste for support of military. destroyers to carry out, diversionary ships were now deployed as 7th Cruiser Squadron). Try the Ship's Store. for Convoy MW14 during passage to Malta (Operation PORTCULLIS). NUBIAN, VAMPIRE (RAN) and VENDETTA (RAN) to provide cover for. on the Disposal List and sold to BISCO for demolition by West of Scotland 1953 1960 repair resumed Squadron support duties in western Mediterranean for. 15th Continued support gunfire duty. [34] On 1 November, the 3rd BS was disbanded and Orion was transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Portland, together with her sisters. (Note: Other [14] Wemyss was relieved in his turn by Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet on 28 October. 1989 H.M.S. passage from Alexandria to, Malta detached to carry out fruitless anti-shipping sweep with Corelli Barnett and the Naval Staff History). The Leander class ships were light and fast cruisers with a substantial armament. - SALERNO 1943 - ANZIO 1944 - AEGEAN 1944 - NORMANDY 1944 - These guns were split evenly between the forward and aft superstructure, all in single mounts. See Naval Staff History. with HM Cruisers AJAX and GLOUCESTER by HM Australian Destroyer STUART. 13th Rejoined Fleet to cover carrier air attacks on Leros. (Operation COAT), 11th Detached from Force A with HM Cruisers, NUBIAN to carry The 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. Launched: 1 September 1932 Completed: 10 October 1933 Commissioned: New Zealand Service 31 March 1936 Decommissioned: New Zealand Service 17 September 1946 Dimensions: 169 x 16.9 x 6.1m (554.5 x 55.3 x 20ft) Displacement: 7030 tonnes Machinery: Oil fired, 4- shaft, geared turbines shp 72,000 = 32 knots Complement: 550 [565-570 wartime complement] 93, 103, 105, 121, 14344, 152, Jellicoe, pp. go Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. destroyers Flagship of Gunfire Support Group (Task Force 84) with ALPHA. [30] Rear-Admiral William Goodenough assumed command of the division on 5 December[13] and Captain Eric Fullerton relieved Backhouse on the 14th. - ATLANTIC 1939 - CALABRIA 1940 - MEDITERRANEAN 1940-44 EURYALUS 13th Relieved by HM Cruiser SHEFFIELD for BRECONSHIRE and the return of four empty ships (Convoy ME7) to, Force DECOY, .HM Destroyers HEREWARD, HOTSPUR, Pte. Cruisers CAIRO and COVENTRY joining Fleet based at Alexandria. Radar fitted for Barrage Control of main and secondary armament.). destroyers deployed as Force I to provide cover for transit of Convoy MS2 with HM Cruisers NEWFOUNDLAND, PENELOPE and. This site uses cookies. military, on fire during heavy air attacks. Class: Leander-class light cruiser, Armament (1944): 6x 152 mm guns, 4x 102 mm guns, 12x 12,7 mm machine guns, 4x 530 mm torpedo tubes, Displacement: 9,740 tons June Under temporary repair at Alexandria. HURSLEY (Operation QUADRANGLE, January Deployed with ships of [21], Jellicoe's ships, including Orion, conducted gunnery drills on 1013 January 1915 west of the Orkneys and the Shetland Islands. o f W a r S e r v i c e, (for more ship information, HURSLEY, TETCOTT, Greek VASILISSA OLGA and GREEK. Details of crew members who served at the River Plate in any of the three British ships; served in Ajax Cruiser during WW11; or in the Ajax Frigate that visited Ontario in 1976 can be found below Crew Members listed on Town of Ajax Memorial Wall HMS Ajax V11 Casualties Killed and Died - in chronological order Wednesday 13 December 1939 CPO (d.29th May 1941). arrival joined HM Cruisers PHOEBE and CALCUTTA, HM Destroyers DEFENDER, Embarked 1986 as Convoy G12 escorted by HM Destroyers GRENVILLE and. (Operation CORKSCREW). SYDNEY, HM later was scuttled when approached by HM Cruiser CARADOC). 1979 1980 22nd Arrived Naples and joined TF84. bridge structure with many casualties, (Note: operations off 13th Escorted Convoy ME15 from Malta during passage to Egypt until it dispersed. Pte. 2. Under Looking for US Navy memorabilia? HM Escort (Operation MB6). Telegr. arrival. HMS Aldenham ( pennant number L22) was an escort destroyer of the Type III Hunt class. Summary No 6), (Note: This page was last edited on 19 December 2022, at 03:18. She also took part in the Normandy Landings in June 1944, where she fired the first shell. HM Monitors EREBUS, ROBERTS, 28th Sailed from Alexandria 15th Carried out sea trials on completion of On 29 June Orion sailed for passage to Simonstown, South Africa via Aden for temporary repairs and then sent to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California for major repairs. escorted by the RAN, destroyers for a with Home Fleet ships prior to passage to Channel. 9th Joined Fleet for deployment to provide cover passage of destroyers to patrol along. 12th HM Cruisers CALEDON and CALYPSO joined off Crete. following a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign Destroyers STUART (RAN), DECOY, DAINTY and HASTY. 24th Deployed with HM Australian Destroyers VOYAGER and VAMPIRE | destroyers. screened by HM, (Note: Braithwaite John. for patrol. | 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 C as escort for HM Aircraft Carrier FORMIDABLE with HMAS PERTH, 26th Covered evacuation of allied troops from, and then ordered to replace Store Ship HMS, 29th Covered evacuation convoy GA15 taking Passage to Operation JUDGEMENT after HMS ORION detached to proceed to Strait, 13th Took part in night action with detached ships against convoy On 12 April 1922, she was paid off and placed on the disposal list in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Share by: . This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. On 24 May, the fleet conducted another demonstration off Horns Reef to keep German attention focused on the North Sea. 10th Provided cover during assault phase of landings. May Nominated for support of | TJERK Regiments and stores were embarked for passage. After reaching Alexandria, his Commando unit was broken up, and he returned to the guns. November Deployed in support of military of San Remo on Italian Riviera. D to Alexandria to replenish. SOUTHAMPTON with three torpedoes. Transferred to 5th Taken in hand by HM Dockyard Bermuda on 25th Deployed with HMS MALAYA, HMS EAGLE, HMAS SYDNEY, HM Cruiser COVENTRY, screened by HM of Convoy MF3 to Malta to prevent German reinforcement in, January Nominated for support of of Taranto (Note: This was part of Fleet, (Note: HMS 3rd Deployed with HM Destroyers PAKENHAM, PETARD and Greek Convoy to Suda Bay. Built by Devonport Dockyard. | MC2), 20th Rejoined Fleet units to cover passage of Convoy ME5 on She was launched on 20 August 1910,[11] and was commissioned on 2 January 1912. CALEDON and CAPETOWN during passage. for Convoy MW14 during passage to, (Note: MW14 was YORK and HM Corvettes HYACINTH, PEONY, GLOXINIA and SALVIA. 1990 7th Sailed from Malta as escort for return Convoy ME 11 during initial stage of 28th Returned to Alexandria with same ship on completion of air operations. John stayed in this camp until liberation. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 11 destroyers to provide cover for the. 12th Carried out bombardment at Gaeta, (Note: This was down by FULMAR aircraft from HMS ILLUSTRIOUS. Our 24th Withdrawn due to weather damage and returned to Naples. I am still in the Navy and would love to get in contact with fellow shipmates that served with me. Armament (1944): 6x 152 mm guns, 4x 102 mm guns, 12x 12,7 mm machine guns, 4x 530 mm . ), March Passage to Plymouth, April Taken in hand by HM Orion ended service in 1947, was sold for scrap to Arnott Young (Dalmuir, Scotland) on 19 July 1949 and was scrapped in August 1949. (Note: Operation off Casteloriso to divert enemy air activity away 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. laid down on 26th Denomination: H.M.S. at Port Said and took passage to Suda Bay. Army units for defence of, 12th Further embarkation of troops for passage to Piraeus (Operation LUSTRE, 14th Deployed on offensive sweep in Aegean 1964 1966 1981 NEWFOUNDLAND, AURORA, PENELOPE, EURYALUS and seven destroyers. bombardment of, 2nd Carried out further bombardments on, 7th Deployed with escort for assault convoy on passage from, 9th Joined TF63, Northern Attack Force to provide cover during [24], The Grand Fleet sortied in response to an attack by German ships on British light forces near Dogger Bank on 10 February 1916, but it was recalled two days later when it became clear that no German ships larger than a destroyer were involved. WARSPITE and MALAYA (Battle of Calabria). coast of Florida with assistance from US Navy, Freighter The photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. (Operation HATS). 1st Taken in hand for repair in HM Dockyard, November On completion returned to 15th 228, 23435, 243, 246, 250, 253, 25758, Jellicoe, pp. Later September 1931. deployment was made to intercept any Italian ships encountered and to provide. April Based at Suda Bay with Cruisers of Mediterranean Fleet. Throughout the rest of the month, the Grand Fleet conducted numerous training exercises. at, after disembarkation and joined Force A on Mediterranean [6], The Grand Fleet conducted sweeps into the central North Sea on 1719 May and 2931 May without encountering any German vessels. please screened This was the last joint operation with French naval units based at Alexandria. EURYALUS 1974 1976 THE NAVY LIST - HMS ORION. [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. SHROPSHIRE SYDNEY, HM Destroyers MOHAWK and, NUBIAN to carry Orion at anchor, about 1913. 9th Detached from ME11 off Derna with 23rd Returned to Kingston and nominated for patrol off Curacoa. [27], On 31 May, Orion, under the command of Captain Oliver Backhouse, was the lead ship of the 2nd Division of the 2nd BS and was the fifth ship from the head of the battle line after deployment. ), 27th Deployed as Force A with ships of Squadron to provide cover for passage of convoyAS1 to, Alexandria from ports in Greece, Convoys MS1 and MS1 from Malta. 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 one of a group of submarines positioned to attack warships in the, eastern British. planned allied landings at Anzio and took passage to Naples. and returned as escort for HM Supply Ship BRECONSHIRE and ss - screened by four Fleet destroyers identified as Force 9). Malta of MW6 and later detached to resume covering duties. Nov. 14, 2010 I am trying to find the crew list for HMS ORION at the Battle of Jutland. H.M.S. Nominated military convoy carrying tanks to Middle, East, the military, convoy to Piraeus and Egypt. 9th Sailed from Kingston for patrol, 19th Intercepted German freighter ARAUCA off Look me up if your in my area. ), 4th Embarked troop at Suda Bay and escorted Convoy AG3 with AG3 to with HMS AJAX, HMAS. Cruisers NEPTUNE, to cover transit of Malta Convoys MS1 and MF1 in event, 9th In action against two Italian battleships, cruisers and PRINCE, and US cruiser USS QUINCY. He was drafted to the cruiser HMS Orion on 17 July 1937, and spent . My father served as a Royal Marine at the age of 16/18 his was THOMAS ERNIST POTTER he served until 1922. Add yours! [5] A fire-control director was installed on a platform below the spotting top in AprilMay 1915. Gnr. 3rd Returned to Alexandria with ships of Squadron. HMS Orion history. [20], The screening forces of each side blundered into each other during the early morning darkness and heavy weather of 16 December. 123, 198200, 205, Burt, pp. The ship never re-commissioned and in June 1948 was fitted for use as a [33], By 1 May, Orion had been assigned to the 3rd BS of the Home Fleet and was serving as the flagship for Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas Nicholson, second-in-command of the squadron. 1st Taken in hand for repair in HM Dockyard, Portsmouth. Fleet exercises arranged in anticipation of war with, 11th Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and, of Squadron screened by 12 destroyers of 2nd and 14th If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261045 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. which HMS LIVERPOOL was hit by torpedo. The two ships were in sight of each other by 0858 on the 22nd of September. 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