French ship Orient
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A number of ships of the French Navy
have borne the name Orient. Among them :
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have borne the name Orient. Among them :
- The 80-gun ship of the line OrientFrench ship Orient (1756)Orient was a 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.Originally built for the French East India Company, she was purchased for the French Navy in May 1759.In 1778, she was reduced to a 74-gun second rate ....
(1756) - The 118-gun ship of the line OrientFrench ship Orient (1791)The Dauphin-Royal was an Océan class 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.During the French Revolution, she was renamed Sans-Culotte in September 1792, and eventually Orient in May 1795....
(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 NileBattle of the NileThe Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798...
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