HMS Orlando
HMS Orlando has been the name of four ships of the Royal Navy.
- fifth ratelaunched 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.
- armoured cruiserlaunched 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.
- shore establishmentand gunnery school at Navy house, Greenock, Scotland.
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.