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  2. Battle of the Nile order of battle - Wikipedia

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    Battle of the Nile, Augt 1st 1798, painted by Thomas Whitcombe in 1816. The Battle of the Nile was a significant naval action fought from 1 to 3 August 1798. The battle took place in Aboukir Bay, near the mouth of the River Nile on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, and pitted a British fleet of the Royal Navy against a fleet of the French Navy.

  3. Battle of the Nile - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; French: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy and the French Republic Navy at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt between 1–3 August 1798.

  4. Abu Qir Bay - Wikipedia

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    On August 1, 1798, Horatio Nelson fought the naval "Battle of the Nile", often referred to as the "Battle of Aboukir Bay". (Not to be confused with the Battle of Abukir (1799) and the Battle of Abukir (1801).) On 1 March 1801, some 70 British warships, together with transports carrying 16,000 troops, anchored in Aboukir Bay near Alexandria.

  5. French ship Orient (1791) - Wikipedia

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    August 1798: Renamed: Sans-Culotte September 1792; Orient May 1795; Fate: Destroyed by explosion at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798: General characteristics; Class and type: Océan-class ship of the line: Displacement: 5,095 tonnes: Length: 65.18 m (213 ft 10 in) (196.6 French feet) Beam: 16.24 m (53 ft 3 in) (50 French feet) Draught

  6. The Mouth of the Nile - Wikipedia

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    Aboukir Bay, 1798 The Mouth of the Nile; Or, The Glorious First of August is a 1798 patriotic musical written by the British author Thomas John Dibdin with music composed by Thomas Attwood . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It celebrated the recent naval victory of Horatio Nelson over the French at the Battle of the Nile .

  7. Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars - Wikipedia

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    Back in France, he was reintegrated—he had become destitute as an aristocrat—and was promoted to captain, commander of the Tonnant at the Battle of Aboukir Bay, where he died on 2 August 1798. During the battle, his men heavily battered HMS Majestic , inflicting casualties of 50 killed, including Captain George Blagdon Westcott , and 143 ...

  8. The Battle of Aboukir - Wikipedia

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    In early August of 1798, French ships in the Bay of Aboukir were destroyed by Horatio Nelson and his fleet of British ships, which significantly diminished the access of French troops to Europe. [3] In mid-July 1799, the British sent a fleet of Ottoman forces to Aboukir carrying around fifteen thousand men. [4]

  9. Battle of Abukir - Wikipedia

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    Battle of the Nile or Battle of Abukir Bay (1798) This page was last edited on 31 July 2020, at 12:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

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