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
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:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
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:
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

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche, vol.1, p.336
    2. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
    3. Quintin, p.67-68

    References

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