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French ship Aquilon (1789)
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Aquilon was a Téméraire-class ship of the line 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She served off Italy in Vice-Admiral Brueys' squadron under Captain Antoine-René Thévenard, and took part in the Battle of the Nile, where she fought HMS Vanguard (1787), HMS Minotaur (1793) and HMS Theseus (1786). She was captured and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Aboukir.
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