Mucius

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	74 guns
War	French Revolutionary Wars

Service

1787–1793	Orion	France
from 1793	Mucius	France

74-gun ship, launched at Rochefort as Orion and renamed Mucius in 1793. Dismasted on the Glorious First of June, but Villaret got her away. Broken up at Brest in 1803–04.

The 'Defence' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794 An incident from the five-day battle known as the 'Glorious First of June 1794', during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802, between the British fleet under Lord Howe and the French fleet under Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse. This was the fir Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 guns

Lower gun deck: 28 × 36 pdr guns
Upper gun deck: 30 × 18 pdr guns
Forecastle and Quarterdeck: 12 × 8 pdr guns, 10 × 36 pdr carronades

Builder	Rochefort
Laid down	October 1784
Launched	18 April 1787
Displacement	3,069 tonneaux
Length	55.87 m (183 ft 4 in)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched as Orion

18 April 1787

Renamed Mucius

November 1793

Glorious First of June

Damaged

28 May – 1 June 1794

Dismasted; towed clear

Fate

Survived

Broken up in 1804