French ship Orient

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

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French ship <i>Orient</i> (1791) Ship of the line of the French Navy

Orient was an Océan-class 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, famous for her role as flagship of the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798, and for her spectacular destruction that day when her ammunition exploded. The event was commemorated by numerous poems and paintings.

Jean Bart (1650–1702) was a French naval commander and privateer.

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