HMS Orlando

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HMS Orlando has been the name of four ships of the Royal Navy.

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by the English kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years War against the Kingdom of France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is known as the Senior Service.

HMS Orlando (1811) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1811, used for harbour service or as a hospital from 1819 and sold in 1824.
HMS Orlando (1858) was a wood screw frigate launched in 1858 and sold in 1871.
HMS Orlando (1886) was an Orlando-class armoured cruiser launched in 1886 and scrapped in 1905.
HMS Orlando was to have been a Laforey-class destroyer, but was renamed HMS Loyal prior to being launched in 1913.
HMS Orlando (Greenock) was a World War II shore establishment and gunnery school at Navy house, Greenock, Scotland.

HMS Orlando was a Mersey-class wooden-hulled steam-powered screw frigate built for the Royal Navy from 1856 to 1858 but not commissioned until 1861. Orlando and her sister ship Mersey were the longest wooden warships built for the Royal Navy. At 336 feet in length, Orlando was nearly twice the length of Victory, the flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. At 5,643 tons displacement, she was certainly a large and impressive looking ship in her day. She was heavily armed, and in comparison to many of her counterparts was quite fast with an approximate speed of 12½ knots, achieving 13½ on trials.

A frigate is a type of warship, having various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.

HMS Orlando was the lead ship of the Orlando class of first-class cruisers built in the yards of Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow and launched on 3 August 1886.

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References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

James Joseph Colledge was a British naval historian, author of Ships of the Royal Navy, the standard work on the fighting ships of the British Royal Navy from the 15th century to the 20th century.

Ships of the Royal Navy is a naval history reference work by J. J. Colledge (1908–1997); it provides brief entries on all recorded ships in commission in the Royal Navy from the 15th century, giving location of constructions, date of launch, tonnage, specification and fate.

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