French ship Orient

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A number of ships of the French Navy have bourne the name Orient. Among them :

• The 74-gun ship of the line Orient (1756) - Wrecked in the East Indies 1782
• The 80-gun Orient (1778).
• The 118-gun ship of the line Orient, flagship of the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.