The French already used carronades at the Battle of the Nile, with L'Orient given as an example. The earlier armament list includes six 36-pounder carronades. A later reply instead identifies several 68-pounders. Those conflicting figures leave the precise carronade battery uncertain.
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Conflicting carronade calibres for L'Orient
Carronades were already aboard L'Orient, although the two armament statements give conflicting calibres.