Back to Search Results

Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, Naples Bay, 9 April 1805, unable to leave his cabin for a month from illness, no news of French fleet

Captain, later Admiral Frank SOTHERON, d. 1839, Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, Naples Bay, 9 April 1805, unable to leave his cabin for a month from illness, no news of French fleet

Back to Search Results

Share:

Object Details

ID:	CRK/11/35
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Phillipps-Croker
Date made:	1805-04-09 - ?
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	A series of correspondence from individuals whose surname begins with 'S' including Captain Somerville, Sotheron and Earl Spencer. (Manuscript) Captain Philip Somerville to Nelson, HMS EUGENIE, Walmer Road, 24 September 1801, loss of cables in gale (Manuscript) (CRK/11/21) Captain Philip Somerville to Nelson, HMS EUGENIE, off Cape Grisnez, 26 September 1801, state of ships, boats engaged in impressing from the West India fleet (Manuscript) (CRK/11/22) Captain Philip Somerville to Nelson, HMS EUGENIE, off Cape Grisnez, 26 September 1801, enemy ships in Boulogne Road (Manuscript) (CRK/11/23) Captain Philip Somerville to Nelson, HMS EUGENIE off Cape Griznez, 28 September 1801, without any beef, enemy ships still in the roads (Manuscript) (CRK/11/24) Captain Philip Somerville to Nelson, HMS EUGENIE, off Cape Griznez, 2 October 1801, condition of ships, suggested additions to code of signals (Manuscript) (CRK/11/25) Captain, later Admiral Frank Sotheron to Nelson, HMS LATONA, at Cronstadt, 5 June 1801, sending dispatches from Lord St Helens, state of Russian ships outside the mole (Manuscript) (CRK/11/26) Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, at Sea, 9 October 1804, reporting his preference to stay with EXCELLENT rather than transfer to CONQUEROR (Manuscript) (CRK/11/27) Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, 15 November 1804, numbers of officers and men, women and children taken on board from the SAN JUDAS THADIA , regiment also on board, use of Dr Scott[for translation] (Manuscript) (CRK/11/28) Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, Naples Bay, 21 January 1805, received papers from Captain Malcolm before he sails, contradicts the rumour that the Spanish taken out of the transports for Minorca were badly treated by us (Manuscript) (CRK/11/29) Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, Naples, 25 January 1805, request by Commissioner Otway [Gibraltar dockyard] to purchase canvas, Spanish prisoners landed (Manuscript) (CRK/11/30) Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, Naples Bay, 28 January 1805, arrival of HMS SEAHORSE, Captain Boyle, but no news here of the Toulon fleet having put to sea (Manuscript) (CRK/11/31) Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, Naples Bay, 10 February 1805, informed by Mr Elliot [British Minister] of return of French fleet to Toulon (Manuscript) (CRK/11/32) Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, Naples Bay, 14 February 1805, confirmation of return of French Fleet to Toulon, ship arrivals, hope to send English, French and Italian newspapers to you (Manuscript) (CRK/11/33) Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, Naples Bay, 1 March 1805, intelligence on state of morale of French Fleet, state of the Sicilian navy, Russian ship now in the bay, request orders on evacuating Mr Elliot (Manuscript) (CRK/11/34) Sotheron to Nelson, HMS EXCELLENT, Naples Bay, 9 April 1805, unable to leave his cabin for a month from illness, no news of French fleet (Manuscript) (CRK/11/35) George John, second Earl Spencer to Nelson, Admiralty, 15 January 1796, impossible to grant Nelson a distinguishing pendant, by temporary nature of his duty in Vado Bay (Manuscript) (CRK/11/36) Spencer to Nelson, Admiralty, 4 May 1796, requesting information on attacks (Manuscript) (CRK/11/37) Spencer to Nelson, Admiralty, 12 May 1796, hoping Nelson's intelligence reports of French fleet putting to sea are true, an opportunity to make amends for the disasters to Allies on shore, with envelope (Manuscript) (CRK/11/38) Spencer to Nelson, Admiralty, 26 May 1796, welcoming Nelson's intelligence reports of cutting out of vessels from under the Loana batteries in absence of despatches from Jervis, in need of good news from sea as he laments the news from shore (Manuscript) (CRK/11/39) Spencer to Nelson, Admiralty, 18 August 1799, (private), expressing his pleasure at the restoration of the King of Naples, reporting that a baronetcy has been agreed for Troubridge, and hopes for the surrender of Malta and cooperation with the Russians (Manuscript) (CRK/11/40)

Loading filters