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Which ship did Horatio Nelson command when war with Revolutionary France began in 1793?
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Horatio Nelson
Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
When war with Revolutionary France began in 1793, Horatio Nelson was given command of the 64-gun ship Agamemnon.1