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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.

View on map Fought in French Revolutionary Wars

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 Battle of the Nile Destroys the French fleet Map
September 22, 1798 Reaches Naples Map