French ship Orion (1813)
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Orion (1813), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| 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 .[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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Roche, vol.1, p.336
- ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Quintin, p.67-68
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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