The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1Harrison, James
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The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1
Harrison, James
Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Biography; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
Ships. Captains. Guns. Men.
1. Culloden Thomas Troubridge 74 590
2. Theseus Ralph Willet Miller 74 590
3. Alexander Alexander John Ball 74 590
4. Vanguard {Rear-Adm. Sir H. Nelson, K.B.}
{Edward Berry } 74 595
5. Minotaur Thomas Louis 74 640
6. Leander Thomas Boulden Thompson 50 343
7. Swiftsure Benjamin Hallowell 74 590
8. Audacious Davidge Gould 74 590
9. Defence John Peyton 74 590
10. Zealous Samuel Hood 74 590
11. Orion Sir James Saumarez 74 590
12. Goliath Thomas Foley 74 590
13. Majestic George B. Westcott 74 590
14. Bellerophon Henry D'E. Darby 74 590
BRIG.
15. La Mutine Thomas Hardy
Horatio Nelson.
Vanguard, off the Mouth of the Nile,
3d August 1798.
FRENCH LINE OF BATTLE.
How disposed
Ships. Commanders. Guns. Men. of.
1. Le Guerrier 74 700 Taken.
2. Le Conquerant 74 700 Taken.
3. Le Spartiate 74 700 Taken.
4. L'Aquilon 74 700 Taken.
5. Le Souverain Peuple 74 700 Taken.
6. Le Franklin {Blanquet, 1st Contre }
{ Admiral } 80 800 Taken.
7. L'Orient {Admiral Brueys, }
{Commander in Chief }120 1010 Burnt.
8. Le Tonnant 80 800 Taken.
9. L'Heureux 74 700 Taken.
10. Le Timoleon 74 700 Burnt.
11. Le Mercure 74 700 Taken.
12. Le Guillaume Tell {Villeneave, 2d Contre}
{ Admiral } 80 800 Escaped.
13. Le Genereux 74 300 Escaped.
FRIGATES.
14. La Diane 48 300 Escaped.
15. La Justice 44 300 Escaped.
16. L'Artemise 36 250 Burnt.
17. Le Serieuse 36 250 Dismasted
and sunk.
Horatio Nelson.
Vanguard, off the Mouth of the Nile,
3d August 1798.
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