French ship Aquilon (1789)
- French ship Aquilon (1789)
The "Aquilon" was a "Téméraire" class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She served off Italy under Brueys, 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".
External links
* [http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html Ships of the line]
* [http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/A/00013a.html Naval Database]
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