Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Porto Ferrara, 6 February 1794, (2 pages), need to secure Corsica, sent Colonel Moore to General Paoli to agree a plan of action, ship deployments, hope to land troops to take possession of St Fiorenzo

Lord Hood, Commander in Chief Mediterranean (Samuel Admiral Viscount, 1724- 1816). Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Porto Ferrara, 6 February 1794, (2 pages), need to secure Corsica, sent Colonel Moore to General Paoli to agree a plan of action, ship deployments, hope to land troops to take possession of St Fiorenzo

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ID:	CRK/7/56
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Phillipps-Croker
Date made:	1794-02-06 - ?
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	A series of correspondence from individuals whose surname begin with 'H' (Manuscript) Lord Hood to Forteguiri, request you send ships to Naples (Manuscript) (CRK/7/41) Return of the killed, wounded and missing on the evening of 15 November 1793, when the enemy attacked the Heights of Grasse (Manuscript) (CRK/7/42) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Forteguirri complaint, but useless unless captains are under my orders; Sir Gilbert Eliot arrived from Genoa, grief at fate of Queen of France, better opinion of Sicilian troops than Spanish ones (Manuscript) (CRK/7/43) Hood to Hamilton, arrival of 500 Sicilian Majesty' s troops, harmony over treaty, Forteguiri' s attitude, Comte de la Tour and Chevalier Caracciolo prudent and well informed, Spanish reaction to Genoa and Leghorn, report of French attack on Spanish at Barcelona (Manuscript) (CRK/7/44) Hood to Hamilton, 'Commodore Fonteguiri no more fit to command a squadron than I am to make Archbishop', ordering frigates to Naples. Governor O' Hara plans to attack French positions, troops suffered reversals, Governor wounded and taken prisoner (Manuscript) (CRK/7/45) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Toulon Road, 6 December 1793, ' Sir Sidney Smith arrived, report of treaty between town and convention (Manuscript) (CRK/7/46) Hood to Hamilton, retreat from Toulon, burning the greater part of the fleet, arsenal and storehouses, received flannel waistcoats from ladies of Naples to troops (Manuscript) (CRK/7/47) Hood to Hamilton, Toulon, 17 December 1793, frigate bringing stores and troops, no sign of Neapolitan division, reports of Royalist success in Bretagne (Manuscript) (CRK/7/48) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Bay of Hieres, 24 December 1793, (2 pages), obliged to evacuate Toulon, attack on Fort Mulgrave on the 17th, Spaniards gave way, Neapolitans retreated from Cape Sepet, 8000 brought off, 2- 3000 of inhabitants on board ships, Fonteguirri sailed without his troops, Sydney Smith' s fireship to destroy the arsenal (Manuscript) (CRK/7/49) Hood to Forteguirri, HMS VICTORY, Toulon Rods, 18 December 1793, (copy), permission to sail to Naples after troops taken off (Manuscript) (CRK/7/50) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Bay of Hieres, 25 December 1793, sending troops back, disgrace of Forteguirri (Manuscript) (CRK/7/51) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Bay of Hieres, 25 December 1793, (duplicate) (Manuscript) (CRK/7/52) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Bay of Hieres, 27 December 1793, (duplicate of 7 December) (Manuscript) (CRK/7/53) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Bay of Hieres, 29 December 1793, enclosing duplicates of letters of 25 & 27 December (Manuscript) (CRK/7/54) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Porto Ferrara, 30 January 1794, my report of evacuation based on report of Lieutenant General Dundas, that Neapolitan troops left without consent, putting Toulon refugees ashore (Manuscript) (CRK/7/55) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Porto Ferrara, 6 February 1794, (2 pages), need to secure Corsica, sent Colonel Moore to General Paoli to agree a plan of action, ship deployments, hope to land troops to take possession of St Fiorenzo (Manuscript) (CRK/7/56) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Martello Bay, 19 February 1794, now in possession of St Fiorenzo, request for 700 Neapolitan seamen (Manuscript) (CRK/7/57) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Bay of Talamon, 28 February 1794, blown off Bastia, request for gunboats and small armed vessels, enclose intelligence from a Danish brig (Manuscript) (CRK/7/58) Intelligence received from the Master of a Danish Brig off Bastia, 26 February 1794, strength of French ships and troops in Bastia (Manuscript) (CRK/7/59) Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, St Fiorenzo, 15 March, 1794, (2 pages), prefer Neapolitan ships to be sent here rather than Leghorn, gun ships needed off Bastia, where Captain Nelson commands (Manuscript) (CRK/7/60)

Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Porto Ferrara, 6 February 1794, (2 pages), need to secure Corsica, sent Colonel Moore to General Paoli to agree a plan of action, ship deployments, hope to land troops to take possession of St Fiorenzo

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