French ship Orient

French ship Orient

A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name "Orient". Among them :
* The 80-gun ship of the line "Orient" (launched 1756 at Lorient) originally built for the French East India Company, and purchased for the French Navy in May 1759 - in 1778 (see illustration) she was reduced to a 74-gun Second Rate ("Vaisseau du 2e Rang") and was wrecked near Trincomalee in the East Indies in February 1782.
* The 118-gun ship of the line "Orient" (launched 1791 at Toulon) originally named "Dauphin Royal", renamed "Sans Culotte" in September 1792 and then "Orient" in May 1795 - flagship of the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.


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