H.M.S. Orion
1912
(Navis 104N)
- Class: Orion - 4 battleships of 1909
- Displacement: 22,200 tons
- Dimensions: 555 (pp) 581 (oa) x 88.5 x 25 ft
- Machinery: Turbine (Parsons) 4 screws, 27,000shp = 21 knots
- Armor: Main belt 12in-8in, turrets 11in
- Armament: 10-13.5in/45cal (5x2), 16-4in/50cal (16x1); 3-21in TT
- Complement: 800-900
- Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
- Laid Down: 29 Nov 1909
- Launched: 20 Aug 1910
- Completed: Jan 1912
- Actions: First class of "super-dreadnoughts" with 13.5" guns superfiring both forward and aft. 1914, 2nd B.S. 1916, Jutland. Sale and scrapped 1922-23. Sisters Conqueror, Monarch, and Thinderer.
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