HMS Orion
From Graces Guide
1787 First ship to bear the name.
1854 Second ship to bear the name.
1914 Castle's Shipbreaking Co donated the figurehead from HMS Orion, which had taken part in the battle of Trafalgar (sic), to the museum of the Royal United Services Institute[1]
1941 It was stated that the figurehead outside the United Service Museum in Whitehall came from the second HMS Orion (1854-1867) which had served in the Baltic during the Russian War. A publicity campaign was launched to store the figurehead in a safe location.[2]
Two further ships had born this name by 1941.
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