 Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Aquilon (1789), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
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| History | |
|---|---|
   France | |
| Name | Aquilon |
| Namesake | Aquilo |
| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | September 1787 |
| Launched | 8 June 1789 |
| Acquired | June 1790 |
| Captured | 2 August 1798 |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Aboukir |
| Acquired | 2 August 1798 |
| Fate | Broken up in Plymouth in 1802 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
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.[2]
