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HMS Orion (1854)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Orion
Launched1854
FateBroken up, 1860s
General characteristics
PropulsionSails and screw
Complement750 officers and men
Armament91 guns of various weights of shot
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Orion.

HMS Orion was a 91-gun screw ship launched in 1854. She was commanded from this time through to late 1857 by Captain John Elphinstone Erskine, and saw service during the Baltic war against Russia in 1855. The Orion had a crew complement of about 750 men and boys. She was broken up in the 1860s.

The original ship's muster books are held at the National Archives in Kew, London, and can be found within classification ADM/38.

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