French ship Orion (1787)

Orion was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She took part in fighting on the coast of Italy. In 1793, she was renamed Mucius Scaevola, soon shortened to Mucius.

In 1794 she took part in the battle of the Glorious First of June (Combat du 13 prairial an II), helping the FRENCH SHIP Impétueux battling HMS Marlborough (1767), as well as in both the First Battle of Groix and the Battle of Groix in June 1795.

In December 1796 she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, an attempt at landing an army in Ireland, before being condemned and broken up in Brest.