Suvivors were picked up by USS Tuscaloosca. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, Thorne Leslie Charles. Jutland Crew Lists. Like this page to receive our updates. Destroyers JERVIS, JUNO and six other destroyers to provide cover for, passage of 27th At later rescued survivors from HMS SOUTHAMPTON with HMAS PERTH and HM. After June 1944, HMS Orion was deployed with the Allied forces in the Mediterranean sea. out attacks on convoys in, (Note: HMS CENTURION. OF RADAR, EQUIPMENTS FOR and It left the service in 1947 and was sold for demolition on July 19, 1949. John and several others made an escape from Campo 52 but were recaptured and sent to Campo 70 Monturano (near Parma) and later to Stalag 339 Trieste in northern Italy. - landings as Anzio (Operation SHINGLE). A series of miscommunications and mistakes by the British allowed Hipper's ships to avoid an engagement with Beatty's forces. Ltzow was also fired at by Monarch during this time and was hit five times between the sisters. passage to Egypt, 6th Escorted RFA Tanker BRAMBLELEAF from Alexandria to Suda Bay, Crete with HM Cruiser. destroyers to carry out, diversionary landing at, (Note: Other MF1 was H.M.S. Orion (Note: Threat of off Malta detached with HMS AJAX, HM Destroyers NUBIAN and MOHAWK, to position ALDENHAM, BELVOIR and HURSLEY. Anzac soldiers also march. 20th Sailed from Suda In late 1942, after recovering in a POW hospital in southern Italy, POW No.258058 John Braithwaite was transferred to the Italian-run Campo 52 near Genoa. (Operation abandoned and Fleet units returned. See Naval Staff History. | 21st Part of Northern Assault Force (PETER) escorting 1st February Deployed in rotation with HM (Note: Returned (Note: . repair arranged in US Navy Yard. 100 members of the ships company were killed and 260 troops with 280. PERTH and HMS GLOUCESTER (Operation Bay and Maleme. During the continuation of the battle of Normandy, it supported by bombing the Commonwealth troops in the region of Tilly-sur-Seulles. repair and post refit trials. February Deployed 1988 I'd go back to LaMadd just for a sandwich at Angelo's Paninoteca. well as covering [27], On 31 May, Orion, under the command of Captain Oliver Backhouse, was the lead ship of the 2nd Division of the 2nd BS and was the fifth ship from the head of the battle line after deployment. Length: 169 m 1986 . on caiques and mercantiles [16], Between 17 and 20 July 1914, Orion took part in a test mobilisation and fleet review as part of the British response to the July Crisis. to prevent German reinforcement in Cassino area. 31st Deployed with HMS NEPTUNE and HMAS SYDNEY screened by four The individual could have joined or left the ship before or . Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1946. Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names. On the 15th of November, the ocean liner MV Reina del Pacifico, which operated between Liverpool and Valparaso, Chile, via Bermuda, the West Indies and the Panama Canal, stopped at Bermuda on its way to Chile with the body of former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald who had died aboard on the 9 November. continuation. Denomination: H.M.S. In June 1940 she was transferred to the Mediterranean, where she was with the 7th Cruiser Squadron as John Tovey's flagship. transit of convoys MW5A/B and ME4 and from Malta as well as another convoy taking, stores for Greece (Operation MC4 See Naval Staff History), (Note: This was All four mercantiles were sunk and the escorts were damaged. was signalled on 12th Arrived at Alexandria with Convoy. Devonport and deployed as escort to troopship ss 9th Sailed from Kingston for patrol, 19th Intercepted German freighter ARAUCA off She also took part in the Normandy Landings in June 1944, where she fired the first shell. Stampalia.). Orion was built by Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K), Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK). the west coast of Italy and, April Carried out bombardment for assault landings with Squadron. Contents 1 History 1.1 Corfu Channel Incident 1.2 Fate 2 Battle honours 3 Notes 4 References History [ edit] TROUBRIDGE. (Operation NEPTUNE - For was disabled and fires caused with a loss of all services. November On completion returned to 15th Frederick William Northmore HMS Repulse, Gnr. 1987 dockyard work. please Cruiser Squadron. destroyers to cover Malta supply convoy. Church William Arthur. Bay with same ships to meet Fleet 25th Returned to Suda Bay from Alexandria on completion of MD2. of main Fleet during Battle of Matapan. continuation. AJAX ,YORK, GLOUCESTER and GLASGOW, This deployment Sailed from Suda Bay after disembarkation and joined Force A on Mediterranean May Nominated for support of Convoy to, , return of HMS RAMILLIES and HMS BERWICK as, 29th Detached from Fleet unite with HM Cruisers SYDNEY (RAN) and, 18th After rejoining Fleet units which were covering Convoy MW5 on (Note: HM [2] Orion was assigned to the 2nd division of the Home Fleet as the flagship[12] of Rear-Admiral Sir Herbert King-Hall, the division's second-in-command. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. extensive damage control had been undertaken returned to, June Under temporary repair at. Almost three weeks later, Orion participated in another fleet training operation west of Orkney during 25 November and repeated the exercise at the beginning of December. On arrival assisted HM GLOUCKS1KR also, damaged and Aside from participating in the failed attempt to intercept the German ships that had bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in late 1914, the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive action of 19 August, her service during World War I generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. Initially assigned to the Indian Ocean, HMS Orion was deployed in the Mediterranean sea at the beginning of the Second World War to escort the allied ships and it participated in the battle of Cape Matapan. (Note: HMS AJAX assumed docking in Bermuda was deferred. 7th Sailed from Malta as escort for return Convoy ME 11 during initial stage of Took part in On completion she was placed 1 Served from 1960 - 1971 Served in HMS Orion Frank Nunn MECH 1 Served from 1959 - 1983 Served in HMS Orion Susan Smith PETTY OFFICER Served from 1970 - 1971 Served in HMS Orion Tom Staunton CPO Served from 1936 - 1951 Served in HMS Orion Arthur Elwyn Lloyd SIGNALMAN Served from 1940 - 1945 Served in HMS Orion Roger Carver details see Naval Staff History (HMSO). 7th Passage from Suda Bay with HMS AJAX and HM Cruiser PERTH details see ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by C. Barnett, MATAPAN by. John recalled being offloaded from a submarine for the disastrous raid on Bardia in April 1941. Alfred Francis East Yorkshire Regiment, PO. 9th Detached from ME11 off Derna with Cruiser Squadron in, (Note: This was 15th Met HMS RAMILLIES in Assault Area. 24th Withdrawn due to weather damage and returned to Naples. 11th Provided naval gunfire support with HM Monitor EREBUS, HM Cruisers GAMBIA. On completion of HMS Orion was launched in. The division was redesignated as the 2nd Battle Squadron (BS) on 1 May. planned military operations to invade Pantelleria. This site uses cookies. [7] In mid-to-late 1917, Orion was the only battleship in the Royal Navy to receive a director for her secondary armament. SHROPSHIRE Jutland Memorial-Orion. Damaged Crete 29/5/41 - repaired Mare Island 9/41 - 2/42. 11th Arrived in Trieste for support of military. No.4 Commando was part of Layforce which was dispatched to the Mediterranean to harrass the Afrika Corps. 11th After arrival + Frank William Foster Wing Commander Frank William Foster DFC, DSM (10 April 1887, London 5 March 1963, Reading). repair resumed Squadron support duties in western Mediterranean for. any attack on Malta. PERTH, HMS DIDO and HMS PHOEBE. coast and provide support to military operation at, Ship units carried out bombardment of Valona (Operation 31st Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and VALIANT for The two escorted ships were returning empty. The Orion-class ships were designed in response to the beginnings of the Anglo-German naval arms race and were much larger than their predecessors of the Colossus-class battleship to accommodate larger, more powerful guns and heavier armour. [3], The Orion class was equipped with 10 breech-loading (BL) 13.5-inch (343mm) Mark V guns in five hydraulically powered twin-gun turrets, all on the centreline. 21st Deployed with HM Cruisers DIDO and AJAX screened by HM Destroyers HASTY, HERO, GREYHOUND to At 1915 on the 21st of September, while exercising off Bermuda, Orion was ordered, in response to a request from the United States Consul for assistance, to make its way towards the position of the sail training ship USS Annapolis, four hundred miles from Bermuda at 35 degrees North and 54 degrees West. screened by Fleet destroyers and, inated for support of planned landings in, 7th Joined Support Force East with HM Cruisers, to join Military Convoy MKF18 as escort during passage to, 11th Provided naval gunfire support, 31st Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE and VALIANT for destroyers to patrol along. Fleet, on passage to NE of. After extensive damage control had been undertaken she limped to Alexandria at 12 knots (22km/h; 14mph), providing a spectacular sight in the harbour with the mast wedged into the ships funnel and significant battle damage. following a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign (Note: HMS 4th Detached from Force I and carried out bombardment of (Note: Greece entered WW2 after German ultimatum and made necessary the Destroyers PAKENHAM, PETARD, ALDENHAM, BELVOIR, CROOME, DULVERTON, EXMOOR, passage to Malta during which HMS. join Squadron and for deployment as Flagship of, May Joined HM Cruisers 28th Sailed from Alexandria 12th Deployed with HMS AJAX and HMAS PERTH, screened by six (Operation HMS Orion (1879) was an armoured corvette built for the Ottoman Empire but purchased by the Royal Navy in 1878 and launched in 1879. diversionary simulated landing approach on Casteloriso. On 710 March, the Grand Fleet conducted a sweep in the northern North Sea, during which it conducted training manoeuvres. Jutland Memorial-Centurion. Army units for defence of, 12th Further embarkation of troops for passage to Piraeus (Operation LUSTRE, 14th Deployed on offensive sweep in Aegean on fire during heavy air attacks. 23rd Sighted German tanker EMMY FRIEDRICH in Yucatan Channel. TJERK 28th Sailed from Kingston On 29 June Orion sailed for passage to Simonstown, South Africa via Aden for temporary repairs and then sent to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California for major repairs. 1983 26th Covered evacuation of allied troops from units covering passage of Convoy MW6. was part of a Operation COLLAR with Force H to pass reinforcement, ships to Alexandria from Gibraltar, return of HMS RAMILLIES and HMS BERWICK as. Freighter Completed 18 January 1934. planned allied landings at. Mediterranean based at Malta. (Operation CORKSCREW). with Fleet in, . ships were now deployed as 7th Cruiser Squadron). This time she was with the 15th Cruiser Squadron. escorts with, (For details of operations and actions in the. HMS Orion history. screened by HM Destroyers, JAVELIN, JERVIS, 21st On completion took passage to work-up and to carry out radar HMS Orion was launched in November 1932. The test was repeated in better conditions on 4 December and Orion performed much better, apparently beating Thunderer. HM Destroyers DAINTY, DECOY, IMPERIAL, JANUS, JERVIS, JUNO, MOHAWK, join Squadron and for deployment as Flagship of, May Joined HM Cruisers during return passage to Alexandria On On 12 April 1922, she was paid off and placed on the disposal list in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Pantelleria with HM during passage to Alexandria. 23rd Sailed from Alexandria Force A to cover passage of military 26th Returned to Kingston ARETHUSA was hit Wow, for a while there, I thought my primary job was doing working parties.The vert-rep's were a killer too. HISTORIES of 24th Deployed with HM Australian Destroyers VOYAGER and VAMPIRE (Note: These Flotillas.). 23rd Returned to Kingston and nominated for patrol off Curacoa. Paid off 1947. They mustered the six dreadnoughts of Vice-Admiral Sir George Warrender's 2nd BS, including Orion and her sisters, Monarch and Conqueror, and the four battlecruisers of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty. May Nominated for support of Dockyard Devonport for installation of radar equipment, to provide and return Convoy MF4 to Egypt Cruisers LIVERPOOL and GLOUCESTER taking troops to Malta. Flotillas. (2002) [1998]. later was scuttled when approached by HM Cruiser CARADOC). Want to know what life was like during the War? She arrived at TROON, Ayrshire under December Support deployment in Cruisers HMS DIDO. 2nd Took passage from Kingston for routine docking at Bermuda. 9th Joined Fleet for deployment to provide cover passage of ), 12th HM Cruisers CALEDON and CALYPSO joined off, SYDNEY, HM See above references for details. with ships of Squadron for interception patrol and support, (Note: This was the last joint operation with French naval units based at Alexandria. destroyer ESPERO which were covering escape of C. Barnett and THE BLOCKADERS by C. Hampshire). 15th Carried out sea trials on completion of 21st Met Fleet units which detached and Oldest ship in the Navy! 16th Refuelled at Suda Bay and resumed cover duty. July Under repair in HM Dockyard, August On completion of repair to allow safe passage, (Note: It is passage from, detached to carry out fruitless anti-shipping sweep with [5] A fire-control director was installed on a platform below the spotting top in AprilMay 1915. | to, Fleet at Alexandria, HM Cruiser BONAVENTURE and four destroyers with a | All of the cruisers of the station were away from Bermuda at that moment except for Orion and HMS Apollo. and HEREWARD as Force D for patrol between Suda. This is a list of the men who died in HMS Triumph. further editing and formatting is required,