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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward de Faye Renouf|nick=Edward de F. Renouf|appt=January, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward de Faye Renouf|nick=Edward de F. Renouf|appt=January, 1934{{MackieRNW}}|end=1 April, 1936|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Eric J. P. Brind|appt=March, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=June, 1937{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Eric J. P. Brind|appt=1 April, 1936|end=31 May, 1937|note=and as Flag Captain and C.S.O. to V/A Commanding, {{UK-CS|2}}, vice Renouf}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Richard George Kinahan|nick=Harold R. G. Kinahan|appt=June, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Richard George Kinahan|nick=Harold R. G. Kinahan|appt=June, 1937{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Beasly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Beasly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=January, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=May, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}

Revision as of 16:36, 26 July 2017

H.M.S. Orion (1932)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 26 Sep, 1931[2]
Launched: 24 Nov, 1932[3]
Completed: 18 Jan, 1934[4]
Broken up: 1949

H.M.S. Orion was one of five Leander Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


Leander Class Light Cruiser
Achilles Ajax Leander Neptune Orion
<– Emerald Class Minor Cruisers (UK) Arethusa Class –>