HMS Orion's honours begin with Atlantic service in 1939 and Calabria in 1940. Her general Mediterranean honour covers 1940, 1943 and 1944. The 1941 list includes Malta convoy duty, Matapan, Greece and Crete, which makes the missing general Mediterranean honour for that year seem curious. Sicily and Salerno follow in 1943. The 1944 honours cover the Aegean, Anzio, Normandy and southern France. The list shows how often the Royal Navy committed this Leander-class cruiser across several theatres.
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HMS Orion's battle honours, 1939-44
HMS Orion's honours span Atlantic service in 1939, Mediterranean campaigns from Calabria to Salerno, and 1944 operations in Normandy and southern France.