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ABOUKIR (74) The French L'AQUILON taken on 1 August 1798 at the Nile by Rear Admiral Sir H. NELSON.
Broken up in 1802.
  • In December 1798 Lord NELSON's prizes were bought by the Admiralty for 117,000 pounds.
  • 1799/01 Capt. W. BOWEN.
  • 1800 In ordinary at Plymouth.
  • At the end of 1801 her timbers were stripped and, after a strict survey, was reported in February 1802 to be rotten and unsound in her lower works and not to be worth the cost of repairing.

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