Orion (ship) explained

Orion is the name of various ships and a ship class:

Naval

• BAE Orion, Ecuadorian Navy ship, originally
• , Royal French Navy ship of the line
• , a Nazi German auxiliary cruiser
• , Royal Australian Navy submarine
• , various British Royal Navy ships
• , British Royal Navy battleship class
• , Royal Swedish Navy signals intelligence ship
• , various US Navy ships

Civilian

• , an Arctic ice-strengthened cargo ship
• (also known as MS Orion, MY Orion), a National Geographic exploration ship
• MV Orion, a Greek ro-ro freight ferry, previously Pentland Ferries' Orcadia and Caledonian MacBrayne's Saturn
• Orion, a heavy lift vessel (HLV) operated by DEME Offshore, a subsidiary of the DEME Group.^[1]
• , a British ferry which sank in 1850
• , an Orient Steam Navigation modified
• , a Swedish salvage ship and museum ship
• , renamed Orion by 1919

Notes and References

1. Web site: Orion . DEME Group . 22 February 2023.