HMS Aboukir
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Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Aboukir, after Abu Qir Bay, the site of the Battle of the Nile:
- HMS Aboukir was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line, formerly the French ship Aquilon. She was captured by the British at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 and broken up in 1802.
- HMS Aboukir was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1807, on harbour service from 1824 and sold in 1838.
- HMS Aboukir was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line launched in 1848. She was refitted with screw propulsion in 1858 and was sold in 1877.
- HMS Aboukir was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser launched in 1900 and torpedoed along with two sister ships on 22 September 1914.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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