''Orion'' was a 74-gun

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of the

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Career

In 1790, ''Orion'' was under Buor de La Charoulière. She took part in fighting on the coast of Italy. In 1793, she was renamed ''Mucius Scævola'', soon shortened to ''Mucius''.Roche, p.336 In 1794 she took part in the battle of the

Glorious First of June The Glorious First of June, also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant, (known in France as the or ) was fought on 1 June 1794 between the British and French navies during the War of the First Coalition. It was the first and largest fleet a ...

, helping the battling , as well as in both the First Battle of Groix and the

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in June 1795. In December 1796 she took part in the

Expédition d'Irlande The French expedition to Ireland, known in French as the ''Expédition d'Irlande'' ("Expedition to Ireland"), was an unsuccessful attempt by the French Republic to assist the outlawed Society of United Irishmen, a popular rebel Irish republica ...

, an attempt at landing an army in Ireland, before being struck and broken up in Brest.

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* * (1671-1870) Ships of the line of the French Navy Téméraire-class ships of the line 1787 ships Ships built in France {{France-mil-ship-stub