French ship Orient (1756)

Orient being reduced to a 74-gun
History
France
Name:	Orient
Acquired:	May 1759
Status:	Wrecked, February 1782
General characteristics
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	74–80 guns

Orient was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Originally built for the French East India Company, she was purchased for the French Navy in May 1759. In November of that year, she took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay.

In 1778, she was reduced to a 74-gun second rate (vaisseau du 2e rang).

She was wrecked near Trincomalee in the East Indies in February 1782.