French ship Orion (1787)
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Orion was a 4th rank, 74-gun Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". built for the French Navy during the 1780s. Completed in 1788, she played a minor role in the French Revolutionary Wars.
Description
The Téméraire-class ships had an length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a depth of hold of Script error: No such module "convert".. The ships displaced 3,069 tonneaux and had a mean draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. They had a tonnage of 1,537 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 705 officers and ratings during wartime. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged.[1]
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Téméraire class consisted of twenty-eight 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck, thirty 18-pounder long guns and thirty 18-pounder long guns on the upper gun deck. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of a dozen 8-pounder long guns and ten 36-pounder carronades.[1]
Construction and career
Orion was ordered on 15 February 1782 and the ship was named on 1 June. She was laid down at the Arsenal de Rochefort in October 1784 and launched on 17 December 1787. Construction had been delayed by a lack of carpenters. The ship was completed sometime the following year.[1]
In 1790, Orion was under Buor de La Charoulière.[2] She was renamed Mucius Scévola in November 1793 and then Mucius on 30 November. In 1794 she took part in the battle of the Glorious First of June, helping her sister ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". battling Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., as well as in both the First Battle of Groix and the Battle of Groix in June 1795. In December 1796 she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, an attempt at landing an army in Ireland, before being struck and broken up in Brest.[3] The ship was condemned on 13 October 1803 and her demolition was completed on 8 April 1804.[1]
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References
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- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. Template:ISBN