• Source: French ship Aquilon (1789)

Aquilon was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She served off Italy in Vice-Admiral Brueys' squadron under Captain Antoine-René Thévenard, and took part in the Battle of the Nile, where she fought HMS Vanguard, HMS Minotaur and HMS Theseus. She was captured and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Aboukir.




See also


List of ships of the line of France




Citations






References


Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.




External links


Media related to Aquilon (ship, 1789) at Wikimedia Commons

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