Four ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Orontes'':
* was a 36-gun
fifth rate, built as HMS ''Brilliant'' but renamed HMS ''Orontes'' in 1812 and launched in 1813. She was broken up in 1817.
* was an iron screw
troopship launched in 1862 and sold for breaking up in 1893.
*
HMS ''Orontes'' was the former
ironclad
An ironclad is a steam engine, steam-propelled warship protected by Wrought iron, iron or steel iron armor, armor plates, constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships ...
. ''Swiftsure'' was renamed ''Orontes'' when reduced to harbour service in 1904, and was sold in 1908.
*
HMS ''Orontes'' was a depot ship, the former . ''Orion'' was renamed ''Orontes'' in 1909 and sold in 1913.
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Royal Navy ship names