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HBMS Orion (1787)

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Orion, 74 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1782/10/02 B064
Laid Down 1783/02/00 B064
Launched 1787/06/01 B028
Shipyard Deptford B064
Design Class Modified Canada Class (1781)
Designer William Bately B028
Constructor William Barnard B064
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1814/07 B028
Fate Broken Up B028

Dimensions
B064   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 150' 5" Imperial Feet 45.85
Length of Keel 140' 91/2" Imperial Feet 42.91
Breadth 46' 101/2" Imperial Feet 14.29
Depth in Hold 20' 61/2" Imperial Feet 6.26
Draught Forward 12' 3" Imperial Feet 3.73
Draught Aft 18' 6" Imperial Feet 5.64
Burthen 1,64548/94 Tons BM

Armament
1787/06/01 B064 Broadside Weight = 891
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 30 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 8 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck 6 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 4 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1788/07 550 Design establishment B064

Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1809 1809 Rear-Admiral of the Blue Thomas Bertie B064
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1788/07 1789 Post Captain Andrew Sutherland B064
1789 1791/09 Post Captain Charles Chamberlayne B064
1790/09 1794/06 Post Captain John Thomas Duckworth B064
1795 1799 Post Captain James Saumarez B064
1801/03 1801/12 Post Captain Robert Carthew Reynolds B064
1801/12 1802 Post Captain Robert Cuthbert B064
1805/05 1806/12 Post Captain Edward Codrington B064
1806/12 1814/01 Post Captain Archibald Dickson B064
1810/10 1811/04 Lieutenant William Silvester Addington B080
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1788/07 1793/12 Midshipman John Baker B080
Crew
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1805/07/26 1806 1st Class Volunteer George Barker B080

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1787/11/01 Completed at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £32,114.11.1d to build, plus £3,449 for fitting at Deptofrd and a further £7,052 for fitting at Woolwich B064
1788/07 Began fitting as a guardship at Plymouth B064
1788/07 Commissioned as a guard ship at Plymouth B064
1788/08 Completed fitting as a guardship at ac ost of £4,114 B064
1791/09 Recommissioned as a guard ship at Plymouth B064
1793/03/24 Sailed for the Leeward Isles B064
1793/08/25 Took the privateer Sans Culottes off the American coast B064
1794/06 Began a refit at Plymouth B064
1794/07 Completed refit at a cost of 6,232 B064
1796/03 Began refitting at Portsmouth B064
1796/03 Completed refitting at a cost of £9,874 B064
1797/01/04 Sailed for the Mediterranean B064
1799 Paid off early in the year B064
1801/02 Began fitting at Plymouth B064
1801/03 Recommissioned B064
1801/04 Completed fitting B064
1802 Paid off B064
1805/04 Began fitting at Portsmouth B064
1805/05 Recommissioned B064
1805/07 Completed fitting B064
1808 In the Baltic B064
1814/01 Paid off B064
1814/07 Broken up at Plymouth B064

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1794/06/01 Glorious 1st of June
1795/06/23 Action of Ile Groix
1797/02/14 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
1798/08/01 Battle of the Nile
1805/10/21 Battle of Trafalgar
1807/08/15 Second Battle of Copenhagen

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B064 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 Rif Winfield
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien

Last Updated :2009/03/22 at 13:47:26 by Cy

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