| Orion | 5634 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 74 | B028 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | B028 | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | B028 | |
| Ordered | 1782/10/02 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Keel Laid Down | 1783/02 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Acquired | 1787/06/01 | B028 | |
| Shipyard | Deptford | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Class | Canada Class - Modified | B028 | |
| Designed by | William Bately | B028 | |
| Constructor | William Barnard | BWAS-1793 | |
| Category | Third Rate | B028 | |
| Ship Type | Ship of the Line | B028 | |
| Broken Up | 1814/07 | B028 | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1793 |
| Length of Gundeck | 170' 5" | Imperial Feet | 51.943 | Length of Keel | 140' 9 ½" | Imperial Feet | 42.9133 | Breadth | 46' 10 ½" | Imperial Feet | 14.2875 | Depth in Hold | 20' 6 ½" | Imperial Feet | 6.2611 | Draught Forward | 12' 3" | Imperial Feet | 3.7338 | Draught Aft | 18' 6" | Imperial Feet | 5.6388 | Burthen | 1,645 48⁄94 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1787/06/01 | Broadside Weight = 891 Imperial Pound ( 404.0685 kg) | BWAS-1793 | ||
| Lower Gun Deck | 28 | British 32-Pounder | ||
| Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 18-Pounder | ||
| Quarterdeck | 6 | British 9-Pounder | ||
| Quarterdeck | 8 | British 32-Pound Carronade | ||
| Forecastle | 4 | British 9-Pounder | ||
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | # of Men | Notes | Source |
| 1788/07 | 550 | Design establishment | BWAS-1793 |
| Flag Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1809 | 1809 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | Thomas Bertie | BWAS-1793 |
| Commanders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1788/07 | 1789 | Captain | Andrew Sutherland | BWAS-1793 |
| 1789 | 1791/09 | Captain | Charles Chamberlayne | BWAS-1793 |
| 1790/09 | 1794/06 | Captain | John Thomas Duckworth | BWAS-1793 |
| 1795 | 1799 | Captain | Sir James Saumarez | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801/03 | 1801/12 | Captain | Robert Carthew Reynolds | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801/12 | 1802 | Captain | Robert Cuthbert | BWAS-1793 |
| 1805/05 | 1806/12 | Captain | Edward Codrington | BWAS-1793 |
| 1806/12 | 1814/01 | Captain | Archibald Dickson | BWAS-1793 |
| 1810/10 | 1811/04 | Lieutenant | William Silvester Addington | NBD1849 |
| Commissioned Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1805/05/31 | 1806 | Lieutenant | John Croft | BWAS-1793 |
| 1805/06/15 | 1806 | Lieutenant | John Julian | NAO |
| 1805/07/04 | 1806 | Lieutenant | John Roberts | NAO |
| 1805/07/06 | 1806 | Lieutenant | Edward Elers | BWAS-1793 |
| Petty Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1788/07 | 1793/12 | Midshipman | John Baker | NBD1849 |
| Crewmen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1805/07/26 | 1806 | 1st Class Volunteer | George Barker | NBD1849 |
| Service History | Date | Event | 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 | BWAS-1793 |
| 1788/07 | Began fitting as a guardship at Plymouth | BWAS-1793 |
| 1788/07 | Commissioned as a guard ship at Plymouth | BWAS-1793 |
| 1788/08 | Completed fitting as a guardship at ac ost of £4,114 | BWAS-1793 |
| 1791/09 | Recommissioned as a guard ship at Plymouth | BWAS-1793 |
| 1793/03/24 | Sailed for the Leeward Isles | BWAS-1793 |
| 1793/08/25 | Took the privateer Sans Culottes off the American coast | BWAS-1793 |
| 1794/06 | Began a refit at Plymouth | BWAS-1793 |
| 1794/06/01 | Present at the Glorious 1st of June | |
| 1794/07 | Completed refit at a cost of 6,232 | BWAS-1793 |
| 1795/06/23 | Present at the Action of Ile Groix | |
| 1796/03 | Began refitting at Portsmouth | BWAS-1793 |
| 1796/03 | Completed refitting at a cost of £9,874 | BWAS-1793 |
| 1797/01/04 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1793 |
| 1797/02/14 | Present at the 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent | |
| 1798/08/01 | Present at the Battle of the Nile | |
| 1799 | Paid off early in the year | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801/02 | Began fitting at Plymouth | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801/03 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801/04 | Completed fitting | BWAS-1793 |
| 1802 | Paid off | BWAS-1793 |
| 1805/04 | Began fitting at Portsmouth | BWAS-1793 |
| 1805/05 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1793 |
| 1805/07 | Completed fitting | BWAS-1793 |
| 1805/10/21 | Present at the Battle of Trafalgar | |
| 1807/08/15 | Present at the Second Battle of Copenhagen | |
| 1808 | In the Baltic | BWAS-1793 |
| 1814/01 | Paid off | BWAS-1793 |
| 1814/07 | Broken up at Plymouth | BWAS-1793 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| B028 | Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I | J. J. Colledge | Book |
| BWAS-1793 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| NBD1849 | A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 | O'Brien | Digital Book |
| NAO | The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors | Various | Web Site |