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Nelson's squadron (1798)

Squadron · Great Britain · May 2, 1798 – December 31, 1798

Horatio Nelson's ships of the line sent into the Mediterranean to find the French fleet.

Recorded for French Revolutionary Wars.

Engagements 1

Battle of the Nile August 1–3, 1798

Movements

May 9, 1798 Leaves Gibraltar · map
June 28, 1798 Reaches Alexandria before the French and misses them · map
July 20, 1798 Waters at Syracuse · map
August 1, 1798 Destroys the French fleet (Battle of the Nile) · map
September 22, 1798 Reaches Naples · map

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