HMS_Aboukir_(1807)

HMS <i>Aboukir</i> (1807)

HMS Aboukir (1807)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Aboukir.

HMS Aboukir was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 November 1807 at Frindsbury.[1]

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In 1812 Aboukir served as the flagship to Rear-Admiral Thomas Byam Martin in the Baltic Sea and participated in the defence of Riga.[2]

She was placed on harbour service in 1824, and was sold in 1838.[1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
  2. [2]
    Winfield, British Warships.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.


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