Letterbook (contemporary copies) kept by Captain Edward Riou, HMS AMAZON and letters kept by Captain Samuel Sutton, HMS AMAZON until 1802.
Riou received active service in June 1799 with an appointment to command the 38-gun HMS AMAZON. He was active against French privateers, before being assigned to Sir Hyde Parker's expedition to the Baltic in 1801 to compel the Danes to abandon the League of Armed Neutrality. He died at the Battle of Copenhagen (1801). After the battle Nelson appointed Samuel Sutton to command the AMAZON.
Record Details
| Item reference: | LBK/27 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1799-01-01 - 1802-12-31; 1799-1802 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letterbook of Captain Robert Ramsay. (Manuscript) (LBK/5)
- Lady Hamilton's correspondence with the Honorable Charles Francis Greville (originals). (Manuscript) (LBK/6)
- Lady Emma Hamilton's correspondence with Alexander Davison (originals). (Manuscript) (LBK/7)
- Letterbook of the official correspondence of Samuel Pepys, some shorthand (copies). (Manuscript) (LBK/8)
- Private letterbook kept by Robert Deans while serving as midshipman on ROYAL SOVEREIGN (copies). (Manuscript) (LBK/9)
- Letterbook containing the correspondence of Admiral Thomas Sotheby (fl.1783-1809). (Manuscript) (LBK/11)
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