For other ships with the same name, see French ship Aquilon and HMS Aboukir.

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.[2]

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Citations

  1. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. ^ Benyon, P. (2011). "HMS Aboukir". Naval Database. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

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.

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