&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Luny_Thomas_Battle_Of_The_Nile_August_1st_1798_At_10pm.jpg) Battle of the Nile, August 1st 1798 at 10 pm, by Thomas Luny. Orient is depicted aflame at the centre left.
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| Name | Dauphin-Royal |
| Builder | Toulon Arsenal |
| Laid down | May 1790 |
| Launched | 20 July 1791 |
| Commissioned | August 1793 |
| Out of service | August 1798 |
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| Fate | Destroyed by explosion at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798 |
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| Class and type | Océan-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 5,095 tonnes |
| Length | 65.18 m (213 ft 10 in) (196.6 French feet) |
| Beam | 16.24 m (53 ft 3 in) (50 French feet) |
| Draught | 8.12 m (26 ft 8 in) (25 French feet) |
| Propulsion | sail |
| Sail plan | 3,265 m2 (35,140 sq ft) |
| Complement | 1,079 |
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Orient was a powerful 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 magazine exploded. The event was commemorated by numerous poems and paintings. Before its destruction, the Orient was the largest war ship in the world.
- ^ "French first rate ship of the line Dauphin Royal (1791)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 9 December 2012.