Name Aquilon Laid down September 1787 Captured 2 August 1798 Construction started September 1787 Length 56 m Beam 15 m | Namesake Anemoi Acquired June 1790 Name Aboukir Launched 8 June 1789 Weight 1,966 tons Builder Rochefort | |
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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.
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