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HBMS Orion (1787)
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Orion, 74 Guns
Dimensions |
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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 |
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Armament |
1787/06/01 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1788/07 |
Began fitting as a guardship at Plymouth |
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1788/07 |
Commissioned as a guard ship at Plymouth |
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1788/08 |
Completed fitting as a guardship at ac ost of £4,114 |
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1791/09 |
Recommissioned as a guard ship at Plymouth |
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1793/03/24 |
Sailed for the Leeward Isles |
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1793/08/25 |
Took the privateer Sans Culottes off the American coast |
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1794/06 |
Began a refit at Plymouth |
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1794/07 |
Completed refit at a cost of 6,232 |
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1796/03 |
Began refitting at Portsmouth |
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1796/03 |
Completed refitting at a cost of £9,874 |
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1797/01/04 |
Sailed for the Mediterranean |
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1799 |
Paid off early in the year |
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1801/02 |
Began fitting at Plymouth |
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1801/03 |
Recommissioned |
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1801/04 |
Completed fitting |
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1802 |
Paid off |
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1805/04 |
Began fitting at Portsmouth |
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1805/05 |
Recommissioned |
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1805/07 |
Completed fitting |
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1808 |
In the Baltic |
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1814/01 |
Paid off |
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1814/07 |
Broken up at Plymouth |
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Fleets |
Fleet Title |
Commander |
Date From |
Date To |
Source |
No Fleets Listed |
Notes on Ship |
No Notes Entered |
Sources |
Id |
Link or Description |
Author |
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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
HBMS Orion (1787)
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