British Order of Battle at the Nile

August 1, 1798

Ship
Guns
Men
Captain
Alexander
74
590
Alexander Ball
Audacious
74
590
Davidge Gould
Bellerophon
74
590
Henry d’Esterre Darby
Culloden
74
590
Thomas Troubridge
Defence
74
590
John Payton
Goliath
74
590
Thomas Foley
Leander
50
343
Thomas Thompson
Majestic
74
590
George Westcott
Minotaur
74
595
Thomas Louis
Mutine
16
120
Thomas Hardy
Orion
74
590
Sir James Saumarez
Swiftsure
74
590
Benjamin Hallowell
Theseus
74
590
Ralph Miller
Vanguard
74
640
Edward Berry*
Admiral Horatio Nelson
Zealous
74
590
Samuel Hood

Killed and Wounded

Alexander Ball – wounded.
Henry d’Esterre Darby – wounded.
George Westcott – killed.
Sir James Saumarez – wounded.
Horatio Nelson – wounded.

*Edward Berry was captured after the battle while carrying despatches for Admiral Nelson.

Courtesy of The Napoleonic Guide.
Image: Destruction of L’Orient at the Battle of the Nile by George Arnald. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

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