HMS Vanguard

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Royal Navy warship ship of the line

HMS Vanguard was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the decisive 1798 Battle of the Nile in the French Revolutionary Wars.

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy warship ⓘ ship of the line ⓘ
alliance	Great Britain ⓘ
armamentType	cannon ⓘ
associatedCampaign	Napoleon's Egyptian campaign ⓘ surface form: Egyptian campaign
associatedCommander	Horatio Nelson ⓘ
associatedWith	Royal Navy victories over the French Navy ⓘ
battle	Battle of Copenhagen ⓘ Battle of Cape St Vincent ⓘ surface form: Battle of St Vincent Battle of the Nile ⓘ
commandedByAtBattleOfTheNile	Horatio Nelson ⓘ
commandStructure	Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ surface form: Nelson’s squadron
conflict	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
era	Age of Sail ⓘ
flagOfficer	Horatio Nelson ⓘ
flagshipDuring	Battle of the Nile ⓘ
flagshipOf	Horatio Nelson ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic warship of the Royal Navy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ surface form: French Revolutionary era late 18th century ⓘ
locationOfNotableBattle	Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Aboukir Bay
namedAfter	vanguard of a fleet ⓘ
navalFormation	Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ surface form: British Mediterranean Fleet
navalRankOfFlagOfficer	Admiral ⓘ
navalTacticContext	line of battle ⓘ
navalTechnology	broadside armament ⓘ wooden hull ⓘ
notableEvent	decisive British victory at the Battle of the Nile ⓘ
notableFor	contributing to Nelson’s rise to fame ⓘ serving as Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of the Nile ⓘ
operator	Royal Navy ⓘ
opponentAtBattleOfTheNile	French Navy ⓘ First French Empire ⓘ surface form: Napoleonic France
propulsion	sail ⓘ
resultOfBattleOfTheNile	British victory ⓘ
role	fleet flagship ⓘ ship of the line in battle fleet ⓘ
service	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ surface form: French Revolutionary Wars Mediterranean operations
serviceBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
strategicImpact	disruption of French communications with Egypt ⓘ
theatre	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	fleet action ⓘ
usedIn	Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean campaign

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Nile → flagship → HMS Vanguard ⓘ

Battle of the Nile → notableShip → HMS Vanguard ⓘ