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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=5 July, 1908<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|end=<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|note=temporarily, during absence of Commander ('''D''')}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=5 July, 1908<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|end=<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|note=temporarily, during absence of Commander ('''D''')}} | ||
Revision as of 17:05, 13 December 2016
| H.M.S. Orion (1879) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Samuda, Poplar[1] |
| Purchased: | 13 Feb, 1878[2] |
| Launched: | 23 Jan, 1879[3] |
| Completed: | 3 Jul, 1882[4] |
| Sold: | 1913[5] |
H.M.S. Orion was laid down as Boordhi-Zaffer for the Turkish Navy but was purchased for use in the Royal Navy as one of two Belleisle Class armoured rams.
Service
Re-commissioned at Singapore on 16 May, 1888.[6]
In April 1902, Orion became a depot ship for torpedo boats at Malta, initially under the command of [7] Charles Madden.
In 1913 she renamed Orontes and was converted to a store ship at Devonport. She was sold later that same year.
Captains
- Captain Thomas H. Royse, 18 April, 1885[8]
- Captain James A. T. Bruce, 18 June, 1889[9]
- Captain Charles E. Madden, April, 1902
- Captain William De Salis, 5 September, 1902[10][11] (and for torpedo boats in the Mediterranean)
- Commander Francis G. Dineley, 1 July, 1904[12]
- Lieutenant in Command (T) Edward M. Bennett, 6 September, 1905[13] – 22 June, 1907[14]
- Commander Henry F. G. Talbot, 1 April, 1907[15] – 10 June, 1907[16] (temporary)
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Thomas R. G. O'Connor, 1 June, 1907[17]
- Lieutenant in Command Hugh T. Prichard, 5 July, 1908[18] – [19] (temporarily, during absence of Commander (D))
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 18.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 235.
- ↑ The Times. Naval & Military intelligence Wednesday, 9 April 1902. No 36737, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 286.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 6 September, 1902. Issue 36866, col A, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 351.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 351.
- ↑ Bennett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 8.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/421. f. 421.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 351.
- ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
- ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
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