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    L' Orient  French warship off Alexandria 1798

L'Orient was a French 120 guns warship, sunk after the explosion of the munitions during the Aboukir battle against the English Fleet, in 1798.  

L'Orient era un vascello Francese da 120 cannoni, affondato a causa dell'esplosione della Santabarbara nel corso della battaglia di Abukir contro la Flotta Britannica, nel 1798.

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The hull was devastated by the violence of the explosion, and the remains were found scattered on the sea bottom during 1983, and studied in several archaeological campaigns between 1996 and 1998. 
The wooden rudder, 13m long and braced by bronze belts, was recovered and threated for conservation.

Lo scafo fu devastato dalla violenza dell'esplosione, ed i suoi resti furono trovati sparsi sul fondo nel 1983, e studiati nel corso di diverse campagne archeologiche tra il 1986 ed il 1988.
Il timone in legno, lungo 13m e rinforzato da fasce di bronzo, fu recuperato e trattato per la conservazione.

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