Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Alexander
Launched:	8 October 1778
Captured:	6 November 1794, by French Navy
Career (France)
Name:	Alexandre
Captured:	22 June 1795, by Royal Navy
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Alexander
Fate:	Broken up, 1819
Honours and awards:	Battle of the Nile
General Characteristics
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Alexander was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Deptford on 8 October 1778. During her career she was captured by the French, and later recaptured by the British. She fought at the Nile in 1798, and was broken up in 1819. She was named for Alexander the Great. October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (282nd in leap years). ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... Image File history File links Civil_and_Naval_Ensign_of_France. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Combatants Britain France Commanders Horatio Nelson François-Paul Brueys DAigalliers† Strength 14 ships of the line: * 13 x 74-gun, * 1 x 50-gun, 1 sloop 13 ships of the line: * 1 x 120-gun, * 3 x 80-gun, * 9 x 74gun, 4 frigates, some smaller Casualties 218... HMS Alexander is the name of a number of Royal Navy ships: Alexander. ... This is one of six ratings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Deptford is an area of the London Borough of Lewisham, on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (282nd in leap years). ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Alexander the Great (Greek: ,[1] Megas Alexandros; July 356 BC–June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), was one of the most successful military commanders in history. ...

Whilst returning to England from Spain on 6 November 1794, Alexander fell in with a French squadron of five 74-gun ships, and three frigates, and was taken by the French in the ensuing action. She was taken into the French Navy, and renamed Alexandre. On 22 June 1795, she was with a French fleet off Belle Isle when the Channel Fleet under Lord Bridport discovered them. The British ships chased the French fleet, and Alexander was retaken into the service. November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Channel Fleet is the historical name used for the group of Royal Navy warships that defended the waters of the English Channel. ...

Alexander took part in the Battle of the Nile in 1798. The ship was the second ship to fire upon the French fleet, namely its flagship, L'Orient. The Alexander sank three French ships, before retreating to the rear of the battle, due to a small fire on-board. The Alexander was one of the only ships not carring a soldier batallion^{[citation needed]}. Combatants Britain France Commanders Horatio Nelson François-Paul Brueys DAigalliers† Strength 14 ships of the line: * 13 x 74-gun, * 1 x 50-gun, 1 sloop 13 ships of the line: * 1 x 120-gun, * 3 x 80-gun, * 9 x 74gun, 4 frigates, some smaller Casualties 218... Dauphin-Royal was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané. During the French Revolution, she was renamed Sans-Culotte in 1792, and eventually LOrient in 1795. ...

From 1803 she was out of commission in Plymouth, and was finally broken up in 1819. Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the worlds largest...

References

• J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
• Michael Phillips. Ships of the Old Navy, A History of Ships of the 18th Century Royal Navy. Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 11 March 2007.

James J. Colledge was a noted naval historian, author of Ships of the Royal Navy, the standard work on the fighting ships of the British Royal Navy from the 15th century to the 20th century. ... Ships of the Royal Navy by J. J. Colledge is a historical reference work providing brief entries on all recorded ships in commission in the Royal Navy from the 15th century, giving location of constructions, date of launch, tonnage, specification and fate. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ...

External links

• Picture of her launch
• HMS Alexander reference