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    HMS Orion was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 1 June 1787 to the design of the Canada class, by...
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  • been named HMS Orion, after the hunter Orion of Greek mythology: HMS Orion (1787) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1787 and broken...
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  • Look up Orion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orion may refer to: Orion (constellation), named after the mythical hunter Orion (mythology), a hunter...
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  • HMS Vanguard was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 March 1787 at Deptford. She was the sixth vessel to bear the name...
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    returned to fire on Colossus, but at that moment Edward Codrington's HMS Orion came through the smoke, slipped under Swiftsure′s stern and discharged...
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    November and St Vincent detached three ships of the line, HMS Leviathan (1790), HMS Orion (1787), and HMS Princess Royal (1773) three frigates and several smaller...
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    Orion was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. In 1790, Orion was under Buor de La Charoulière. She took part in fighting on the...
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    HMS Colossus was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Gravesend on 4 April 1787 and lost on 10 December 1798. During...
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  • The Bounty (1984 film) (category Films about HMS Bounty)
    drama film directed by Roger Donaldson. It depicts the voyage and mutiny of HMS Bounty, with Robert Bolt's screenplay adapting the 1972 book Captain Bligh...
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    up, 1834 HMS Majestic Builder: Adams & Barnard, Deptford Ordered: 23 August 1781 Launched: 11 December 1785 Fate: Broken up, 1816 HMS Orion Builder: Barnard...
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