Name Orient Status Wrecked, February 1782 Armament 74-80 guns Beam 14 m | Acquired May 1759 Sail plan Full-rigged ship Length 55 m | |
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Orient was an 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 November of that year, she took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay.
In 1778, she was reduced to a 74-gun second rate (vaisseau du 2e rang).
She was wrecked near Trincomalee in the East Indies in February 1782.
References
French ship Orient (1756) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA