HMS ''Aboukir'' was a 74-gun
third-rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker).
Rating
When the rating system was f ...
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 tactics in the Age of Sail, naval tactic known as the line of battl ...
of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
, launched on 18 November 1807 at
Frindsbury
Frindsbury is part of the Medway Towns conurbation in Kent, southern England. It lies on the opposite side of the River Medway to Rochester, and at various times in its history has been considered fully or partially part of the City of Rocheste ...
.
In 1812 ''Aboukir'' served as the flagship to Rear-Admiral
Thomas Byam Martin
Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, (25 July 1773 – 25 October 1854) was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of fifth-rate French frigate Résistance (1796), HMS ''Fisgard'' he took part in a duel w ...
in the
Baltic Sea
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and participated in the
defence of Riga.
[Winfield, British Warships.]
She was placed on harbour service in 1824, and was sold in 1838.
Notes
References
* Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. .
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Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
Courageux-class ships of the line
1807 ships
Ships built in Frindsbury
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