Show JUST OLD TIMBER the rho famous ship 46 sold and broken up the famous old one of nelsons belsons Nel sons flagships in fact the only one ne except the victory still in existence lias ilas come to an ignominious end the roud was launched at plymouth in 1708 W had she been launched a month arlier says the viking the bould have been flagship at the nile Vs etwas it was she had the honor of capter 3 the genereux 74 and the guillaume i all ell bo the only line of battle ships chich escaped from the bay of aboukir Abou kir uie ile served first under sir james B barren Varr cn in 1798 and helped to defeat mm odore bombards Dom Bom barts squadron oft off the 0 ost st of ireland when the hoche 74 as captured she then joined the leli fleet blockading cadiz ud id afterward if engaged in watching the rench ships in toulon 6 on the escape f the latter she was dispatched patched Us to naples aple to reinforce lord nelson who then transferred his flaw flag to her from the vanguard the now became the scat of government of the id kingdom i of naples and was for a considerable sid ide time the residence of the king and queen and of sir william and lady 11 hamilton amilton it was while in the fou that nelson captured rome nith ith his ships and in her he subsequently flew his flag as commander in chief in the mediterranean Modi the ship has however other associations hardly less interesting than those connect connecter el with nelyon nelson on the 2 of march I 1 1801 in the bay of aboukir Abou Aboul kir dr where she had so narrowly missed bear inga glorious part throe three years year before she received on board sir ralph abercromby cr who had bad been mortally NN wounded in the battle of the in pite te of all these historical associations the british naval authorities have sold the and she has been broken up as old timber |