HMS Orion, launched in August 1910 and commissioned in January 1912,the first British dreadnought to mount guns of a greater calibre than 12 inches. The Orion took part in the Battle of Jutland, 1916 and survived the Great War, eventually being broken up in 1923. Date: 1914
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