Four ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
have borne the name HMS ''Aboukir'', after
Abu Qir Bay
The Abū Qīr Bay (sometimes transliterated Abukir Bay or Aboukir Bay) (; transliterated: Khalīj Abū Qīr) is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria in Egypt, lying between the Rosetta mouth of the Nile and the town of Abu Qir. ...
, the site of the
Battle of the Nile:
* was a 74-gun
third-rate ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
, formerly the French ship ''Aquilon'' captured at the
Battle of the Nile in 1798 and broken up in 1802.
* was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1807, on harbour service from 1824 and sold in 1838.
* 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.
* was a launched in 1900 and torpedoed along with two sister ships on 22 September 1914.
See also
*, a British
coaster built in 1920 and sunk while rescuing evacuees from the
battle of Belgium in May 1940
References
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Royal Navy ship names