Aquilon was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Aquilon (1789), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| History | |
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   France | |
| Name | Aquilon |
| Namesake | Aquilo |
| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | September 1787 |
| Launched | 8 June 1789 |
| Acquired | June 1790 |
| Captured | 2 August 1798 |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Aboukir |
| Acquired | 2 August 1798 |
| Fate | Broken up in Plymouth in 1802 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
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]
See also edit
Citations edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Benyon, P. (2011). "HMS Aboukir". Naval Database. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
References edit
- 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 edit
Media related to Aquilon (ship, 1789) at Wikimedia Commons
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