Orion
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
| Name | Orion |
| Type | Steamer |
| GRT | 1,870 tons |
| Country |  Danish |
| Built | 1890 |
| Builder | Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton |
| Operator | A/S Dampsk. Selsk. Orion (C. P. Jensen), Copenhagen |
| History | Built as Girdleness for Farrar, Groves & Co., London. Sold in 1904 to Flindt, Drost & Co., Copenhagen and renamed Flindt. Sold again in 1913 to A/S Dampsk. Selsk. Orion (C. P. Jensen), Copenhagen and became Orion. |
U-boat attacks on Steamer Orion
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
| 1 | 4 Jun 1917 | U 71 (Walter Gude) | Sunk | N of the Shetlands | 62° 14'N, 1° 02'E | Kallundborg - Halifax | in ballast | 0 |
Position of attack on Orion
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