French ship Orient (1756)
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| Orient being reduced to a 74-gun
Orient being reduced to a 74-gun
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| Name: | Orient |
| Acquired: | May 1759 |
| Status: | Wrecked, February 1782 |
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| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: | 74-80 guns |
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.[1] 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.
