The Battle of Alexandria

admiral nelson arrived at alexandria with a fleet that was basically the same size as the french. He had 13 74 gun ships of the line and a fourth rate, which is a ship of the line with 50 guns. Nelson's fleet arrived at abocure bay at about six p m on august first. Now the french admiral sighted them, but assumed it was too late for an attack. The british were able to double and triple team the targeted french ships. Of the 17 ships of the french fleet, 14 were either destroyed or captured. But in private, he must have known how much the loss of the fleet wrecked everything.