HMS Orontes
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Orontes:
was a 36-gun fifth rate, built as HMS Brilliant but renamed HMS Orontes in 1812 and launched in 1813. She was broken up in 1817. was an iron screw troopship
launched in 1862 and sold for breaking up in 1893.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Orontes:
was a 36-gun fifth rate, built as HMS Brilliant but renamed HMS Orontes in 1812 and launched in 1813. She was broken up in 1817. was an iron screw troopship
Troopship
A troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime...
launched in 1862 and sold for breaking up in 1893.
- HMS OrontesHMS Swiftsure (1870)HMS Swiftsure was the lead ship of the Swiftsure class battleships built in the late Victorian era. Her sister-ship was .-Service history:...
was the former Swiftsure-classSwiftsure class battleship (1870)The Swiftsure class battleships of the late Victorian era were broadside ironclads designed and built specifically for service as Flagships on the Pacific station....
battleshipBattleshipA battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
. Swiftsure was renamed Orontes when reduced to harbour service in 1904, and was sold in 1908. - HMS OrontesHMS Orion (1879)HMS Orion was a of the Victorian Royal Navy. Originally constructed for the Ottoman Empire, and called Bourdjou-Zaffer, she was purchased by the British Government before completion....
was a depot ship, the former Belleisle-classBelleisle class battleshipThe two ships of the Belleisle class, and , originally built in Britain for the Turkish Navy, were taken over by the Royal Navy in 1878.In 1878 Russia and Turkey were at war, and it was perceived by the British Government that Britain might be drawn into the conflict. This perception has become...
battleship . Orion was renamed Orontes in 1909 and sold in 1913.