SS Orion
 S/S Orion at Skeppsholmen in Stockholm | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Sweden
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| Namesake: | Orion (mythology) hunter, son to Poseidon |
| Builder: | Helsingborgs Varfs AB |
| Laid down: | 1929 |
| Decommissioned: | 1979 |
| Reclassified: | 1956 |
| Reinstated: | Museum ship on June 1993 at Skeppsholmen, Stockholm |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steamship |
| Length: | 32.44 m (29 m in 1929, lengthened 3 metres in 1961) |
| Beam: | 6,o4 m |
| Depth: | 3.30 m |
| Propulsion: | Compound, Floodman valve gear |
| Complement: | 10 crew |
SS Orion is a steel steamship moored on the western shore of the islet Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, Sweden, now serving as a museum ship.
The ship, classed as a Salvage Steamship, is the oldest of its kind still remaining in Sweden today.
She was decommissioned in 1979, and since 1993 has been a museum ship in the Skeppsholmen quay-berths.
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