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 | |
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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(Text) CC BY-SA