SS Orion

This article is about the Swedish steamship S/S Orion. For other ships, see Orion (ship).

S/S Orion at Skeppsholmen in Stockholm
History
Sweden
Namesake	Orion (mythology) hunter, son to Poseidon
Builder	Helsingborgs Varfs AB
Laid down	1929
Decommissioned	1979
Reclassified	1956
Status	Museum ship in June 1993 at Skeppsholmen, Stockholm
General characteristics
Type	Steamship
Length	32.44 m (29 m in 1929, lengthened 3 metres in 1961)
Beam	6.04 m
Depth	3.30 m
Propulsion	Compound, Floodman valve gear
Complement	10 crew

S/S Orion is a steam-powered ship moored on the western shore of the islet Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is a listed historic ship of Sweden. The vessel, which is the oldest of its kind still remaining in Sweden, now serves as a museum ship.

History

S/S Orion was built in 1929 at Helsingborgs Varfs AB shipyard in Helsingborg. It was a service ship for the Swedish Maritime Administration used for conducting inspections. S/S Orion served the Trosa - Karlskrona Pilot District between 1929 and 1956, with a home port in Kalmar. The vessel was used to inspect lighthouses, pilotage sites and to lay out and pick up buoys and to refill gas in lighthouses. She was decommissioned in 1979, and since 1993 has been a museum ship in the Skeppsholmen quay-berths.

Gallery

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  Maneuver pulpet
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  Speech pipe command bridge
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  Lubricating oil pans
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  Compound steam Machine

See also

• Swedish Maritime Administration
• List of museum ships

External links

• S/S Orion website