French ship Orion (1813)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Orion (1813), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Orion |
Namesake: | Orion. |
Builder: | Brest[1] |
Laid down: | 18 May 1810 [1] |
Launched: | 9 October 1813 [1] |
Commissioned: | 22 November 1813 [1] |
Decommissioned: | 1841 [1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
Beam: | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
Draught: | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
Propulsion: | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
Armament: |
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Armour: | Timber |
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.[1][3]
In 1827, Orion was chosen as a school ship of the École navale. She was replaced by Borda in 1840, and struck in 1841.[1]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
References
- Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. p. 67. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 336. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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