HMS Orlando

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

  • HMS Orlando was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1811, used for harbour service from 1819 and sold in 1824.
  • HMS Orlando was a wood screw frigate launched in 1858 and sold in 1871.
  • HMS Orlando was an Orlando class of 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 was a WWII shore establishment and gunnery school at Navy house, Greenock, Scotland.