"To Admiral the Earl of St. Vincent, Commander-in-chief,
&c. &c. &c. off Cadiz."
The Rear-admiral was created Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe, in the county of Norfolk. The thanks of both Houses of Parliament were voted to him, the officers and crews, in the usual manner. Gold medals were presented to each of the Captains. A pension of 2000l. a year for life was settled on Nelson. The Irish Parliament voted him 1000l.; the East India Company 10,000l.; the city of London a sword, value two hundred guineas, and a sword to each of the Captains; that to Sir E. Berry was accompanied by the freedom of the city in a gold box. But Sir James Saumarez received no distinguished honour, as has been usual, for being second in command, although no one ever more highly deserved such a mark of approbation.
LIST OF THE HOSTILE FLEETS OFF THE MOUTH OF THE NILE
on the 1st of August, 1798.
British Commanded by Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. Rear-admiral of the Blue.
Abbrevations used in the table below:
O = Officers
S = Seamen
M = Marines
| Killed | Wounded | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Ships' Names. | Captains | First Lieuts. | Remarks | Guns | Men | O | S | M | O | S | M | Total | ||
| 1 | Culloden | T. Troubridge | Chas. Bullen | not in action | 74 | 584 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Theseus. | R.W. Miller. | R. Hawkins. | – – | 74 | 584 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 35 | ||
| 3 | Alexander | A.J. Ball | John Yule | – – | 74 | 584 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 5 | 72 | ||
| 4 | Vanguard | { | R.A. Sir H. Nelson. E. Berry | } | Edw. Galwey | starboard squadron | 74 | 589 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 8 | 105 |
| 5 | Minotaur | Thos. Louis | C. M. Schomberg | – – | 74 | 643 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 6 | 87 | ||
| 6 | Swiftsure | B. Hallowell | J.L. Waters | – – | 74 | 584 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 29 | ||
| 7 | Audacious | Davidge Gould | Thos. White | – – | 74 | 584 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 36 | ||
| 8 | Leander | T.B. Thompson | W. Richardson | where most efficient | 50 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 9 | Defence | John Peyton | Richard Jones | – – | 74 | 584 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | ||
| 10 | Zealous | Samuel Hood | W.H. Webley | – – | 74 | 584 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 11 | Orion | Sir J. Saumarez | J. Barker | – – | 74 | 584 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 42 | ||
| 12 | Goliath | Thomas Foley | G. Jardine | – – | 74 | 584 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 62 | ||
| 13 | Majestic | G.B. Wescott | R. Cuthbert | – – | 74 | 584 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 124 | 16 | 193 | ||
| 14 | Bellerophon | H.D.E. Darby | R. Cathcart | – – | 74 | 584 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 126 | 17 | 197 | ||
| Mutine brig. | T.M. Hardy | – – | assisting the Culloden | 14 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1066 | 8064 | 16 | 161 | 46 | 37 | 562 | 78 | 895 | ||||||
| Emerald. Terpsichore. Alcmene. | T.M. Waller. W.H. Gage W. Brown | } | not in the action. | ||||||||||||
French, commanded by Admiral Gantheaume.
| No. | Ships' Names. | Captains. | Guns. | Men. | Remarks. | ||||
| 1 | Le Guerrier. | J.F.T. Trullet (sen.) | 74 | 700 | Taken and burnt by the British. | ||||
| 2 | Le Conquérant. | E. Dalbarde. | 74 | 700 | Taken. | ||||
| 3 | Le Spartiate. | M.J. Emerine. | 74 | 700 | Ditto. | ||||
| 4 | L'Aquilon. | H. Alex. Thevenard. | 74 | 700 | Taken and called the Aboukir; Captain killed. | ||||
| 5 | Le Peuple Souverain. | P.P. Racoora. | 74 | 700 | Taken and called Le Guerrier. | ||||
| 6 | Le Franklin. | Blanquet (Rear-admiral) | 90 | 800 | Taken and called the Canopus. | ||||
| 7 | { | L'Orient (formerly) Le Sans Culottes. | { | Brueys (Admiral) Gantheaume (R.A.) Casa Bianca, Captain. | } | 120 | 1010 | { | Blown up: the Admiral and the whole crew, excepting seventy men, perished. |
| 8 | Le Tonnant. | Du Petit Thouars. | 80 | 800 | Taken; her Captain killed. | ||||
| 9 | L'Heureux. | J.P. Etienne. | 74 | 700 | Taken and burnt by the British. | ||||
| 10 | Le Timoléon. | Trulet (jun.) | 74 | 700 | Driven on shore, and burnt by her own people. | ||||
| 11 | Le Mercure. | Cambon (acting). | 74 | 700 | Taken and burnt by the British. | ||||
| 12 | Le Guillaume Tell. | { | Villeneuve, (R.A.) Captain Sinclair. | } | 80 | 800 | { | Escaped; taken in 1800 by Foudroyant, Lion, and Penelope. | |
| 13 | Généreux. | Le Joille. | 74 | 700 | { | Escaped; taken in 1800 by the squadron under Lord Nelson, off Malta. | |||
| La Sérieuse. | Clavele Jean Martin. | 36 | 250 | Sunk by a broadside from the Orion; crew saved. | |||||
| L'Artémise. | Pierre Jean Standelet. | 36 | 250 | { | Struck her colours, and burnt by her crew, who escaped in their boats. | ||||
| La Diane. | R.A. Decrès, Capt. Soleil | 48 | 300 | Escaped, but taken in 1801 off Malta. | |||||
| La Justice. | — Villeneuve. | 44 | 300 | Escaped, but taken in 1801 at Alexandria. | |||||
| Besides bombs, brigs, gun-boats, and batteries. | |||||||||
| —— | —— | ||||||||
| Total. | { | French British | 1200 10810 | 1066 8064 | |||||
| —— | —— | ||||||||
| 134 | 2764 |