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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.
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.
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.
Commodor Louis-Jean-Nicolas Lejoille, portrait by Antoine Maurin.. After fleeing Aboukir Bay, Admiral Villeneuve had been delayed in the Eastern Mediterranean by northeasterly winds, and on 17 August he decided to split his forces, sailing for Malta with his flagship Guillaume Tell and the two frigates while Captain Louis-Jean-Nicolas Lejoille on Généreux was ordered to the French possession ...
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
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 ...
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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]