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French ship Orion (1813)

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Name
  
Orion

Builder
  
Brest

Commissioned
  
22 November 1813

Construction started
  
18 May 1810

Weight
  
2,966 tons

Namesake
  
Orion.

Laid down
  
18 May 1810

Decommissioned
  
1841

Launched
  
9 October 1813

French ship Orion (1813)

Orion was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Orion was commissioned in 1814 under Captain Jean-Baptiste Billard.

In 1827, Orion was chosen as a school ship of the École navale. She was replaced by Borda in 1840, and struck in 1841.

References

French ship Orion (1813) Wikipedia