French ship Orient (1791)
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 Orient explodes at the Battle of the Nile |
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| Career France | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Toulon Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 1790 |
| Launched: | 1791 |
| Out of service: | 1798 |
| Renamed: | Dauphin-Royal, renamed Sans-Culotte in 1792, renamed Orient in 1795. |
| Status: | Scuttled at the Battle of the Nile, August 1798 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2 700 tonnes |
| Length: | 65,18 metres (196,6 French feet) |
| Beam: | 16,24 metres (50 French feet) |
| Draught: | 8,12 metres (25 French feet) |
| Propulsion: | sail, 3 265 m² |
| Speed: | |
| Complement: | 1 079 men |
| Armament: | Upper deck: 34 12-pound guns Middle deck: 34 24-pound guns Lower deck: 32 36-pound guns Forecastle: 18 8-pound guns, 6 36-pound carronades |
| Armour: | Wood |
Dauphin-Royal was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané.
During the French Revolution, she was renamed Sans-Culotte in 1792, and eventually L'Orient in 1795.
She was the flagship of the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798. After receiving heavy fire from numerous English ships, she was set aflame. Eventually, the fire reached her powder magazine, and she blew up, with the loss of most of her crew, including her captain, Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca.
After the Battle of Trafalgar, Sir Horatio Nelson was put in a coffin carved from a piece of the main mast of the Orient which had been taken back to England for this purpose.
[edit] See also
- French ship Orient for other ships of the same name.
