French_ship_Marat_(1794)
HMS Belleisle (1795)
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Lion was a Téméraire class 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the French Navy, which later served in the Royal Navy. She was named Lion on 23 April 1790 and built at Rochefort from August 1791 until June 1794. She was renamed Marat on 28 September 1793 (7 months before being launched) and then Formidable on 25 May 1795, with the changing fortunes of the French Revolution.
She took part in the action of 6 November 1794, managing to rake HMS Alexander.