Name Orion Completed 1788 Fate Broken up in 1804 Launched 18 April 1787 Weight 1,966 tons Builder Rochefort | Laid down October 1784 Struck 23 March 1804 Construction started October 1784 Length 56 m Beam 15 m | |
Namesake Orion
Gaius Mucius Scævola | ||
Orion was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in fighting on the coast of Italy. In 1793, she was renamed Mucius Scævola, soon shortened to Mucius.
In 1794 she took part in the battle of the Glorious First of June (Combat du 13 prairial an II), helping the Impétueux battling HMS Marlborough, 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.
References
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