The Battle of the Nile 1798 - Admiral Horatio Nelson annihilates the French

Описание: The Battle of the Nile was arguably one of the Royal Navy's greatest victories.

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The Battle of the Nile - fought on the 1st August 1798 - saw the Royal Navy under Horatio Nelson achieve a stunning victory over the French.

Two fleets of almost identical size, including 26 mighty ships-of-the-line, over 2,000 cannon fought a night time, close range battle off the coast of Egypt.

The end result was the complete destruction of the French fleet for the loss of not a single Royal Navy warship.

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Sometimes called the Battle of Aboukir Bay after the actual location of the encounter (along the coast from Alexandria).


The Royal Navy fleet comprised 13 (74-gun) ships of the line:
HMS Vanguard
HMS Majestic
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Orion
HMS Minotaur
HMS Theseus
HMS Goliath
HMS Audacious
HMS Zealous
HMS Swiftsure
HMS Alexander
HMS Culloden
HMS Defence

He was also accompanied by the 50-gun HMS Leander and the 18-gun HMS Mutine. The latter had recently been captured from the French and was now commanded by Lt. Thomas Hardy (who would go on to captain HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar).

In total his fleet carried 1012 cannon.

They were opposed by a French fleet, commanded by Admiral Brueys, which also included 13 ships of the line, including his flagship, L'Orient.
His fleet carried 1196 cannon.

So the two fleets were remarkably equal in both size and strength.

The end result, however, was anything but equal.

The French lost 11 of their ships of the line (plus 2 frigates). Only 4 of their fleet got away.
Over 5,000 of their sailors were killed and a further 3,100 captured.

The Royal Navy, under Nelson, did not lose a single ship.


Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Napoleon Bonaparte
2:07 Horatio Nelson
3:55 Misses Napoleon
5:52 Meets French Fleet
10:00 The Battle of the Nile
16:22 French Flagship Explodes
18:29 Nelson's Victory
21:25 The History Chap



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