Английская Википедия:French ship Orient (1756)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsOrient was an 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, built by Antoine Groignard.
Career
Orient was built in Lorient for the French East India Company by Antoine Groignard,[1] from April 1756Шаблон:Refn to August 1759.Шаблон:Sfnp The French Royal Navy purchased her in May 1759.Шаблон:Sfnp Originally intended as a 80-gun, she was reduced to a 74-gun in early 1766.Шаблон:Sfnp
On 14 November 1759, under Captain Guébriant, Orient was part of a 20-ship fleet under Hubert de Brienne attempting invasion of Cornwall. She took part in the subsequent Battle of Quiberon Bay.Шаблон:Sfnp
Orient underwent a refit in Brest in 1766,Шаблон:Sfnp and again from 1777 to April 1778.Шаблон:Sfnp The same year, with the outbreak of the Anglo-French War, she took part in the Battle of Ushant.Шаблон:Sfnp
On 28 December 1778, under Thomas d'Estienne d'Orves, she sailed from Brest to reinforce the French colony of Isle de France (Mauritius) Шаблон:Sfnp arriving in September 1779, her crew suffering from scurvy.Шаблон:Sfnp In 1779, she captured the British privateer VigilantШаблон:Sfnp of Bristol, Marshall, master, and brought her to Lorient.[2]
By April 1781, Estienne d'Orves's health had deteriorated to the point where First Officer Bolle was in effective command. Шаблон:Sfnp After Estienne d'Orves died on 9 February 1782, Suffren put Captain LapallièreШаблон:Refn in command.Шаблон:Sfnp
In 1782, as present at the Battle of Negapatam on 6 July 1782, although she did not take part in the action, and took part in the Battle of Trincomalee between 25 August and 3 September 1782. Шаблон:Sfnp
In the wake of the Battle of Trincomalee, she was wrecked near Trincomalee in Sri Lanka on 8 September 1782, Шаблон:Sfnp around 0400, when Ensign Jean Anne Christy de La Pallière insisted to sail on his tack rather to effect a turn as the master pilot advised. Orient touched a rock at Pointe-Sale and stopped. She fired a gun to ask for help, and the rest of Suffren's squadron anchored nearby to provide assistance, but as Orient refloated, she ran into another rock nearby and became a total loss.Шаблон:Sfnp Part of her rigging was used as spare parts to repair Illustre and Héros. Шаблон:Sfnp The responsible officer, Ensign Christy de La Pallière, who was the son of Orient's Captain Jean Baptiste Christy de La Pallière, was dismissed from the Navy. Шаблон:Sfnp
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