HMS Orontes (1862)
HMS Orontes off Hong Kong (Chinese School, 19th century) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Orontes |
| Namesake | "Ol' Ste" |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Launched | 22 November 1862, Birkenhead |
| Commissioned | March 1863 |
| Fate | Sold 1893 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Troopship |
| Displacement | 4,857 (later 5,600) tons |
| Length | 300 ft (as built) |
| Beam | 44½ ft |
| Armament | Three 4-pounder guns |
HMS Orontes was a 19th-century troopship of the Royal Navy, intended for carrying troops to southern Africa and the West Indies (rather than to India like the Euphrates class of troopships such as Serapis).