Captain Staines request a delay in departure and judging it proper to delay the departure of HMS CAMELEON - Malcolm to Staines, 9 September 1804, (copy), intending to salute the King with 21 guns when he passes close to the HMS RENOWN and returns, instructing HMS CAMELEON to do likewise

Captain, later Sir Thomas STAINES, d.1830, Staines to Nelson, Hugh Elliot [Minister at Naples] to Staines, St Josia, 7 September 1804, (copy), request to delay his departure -Elliot to Staines, 7 September 1804 (copy) not to mention in Naples, that it is the wish of the King of Naples - Captain Malcolm to Staines, HMS REKNOWN, Naples Bay, 7 September 1804, (copy), enclosing letters from ministers of the court at Naples, and judging it proper to delay the departure of HMS CAMELEON - Malcolm to Staines, 9 September 1804, (copy), intending to salute the King with 21 guns when he passes close to the HMS RENOWN and returns, instructing HMS CAMELEON to do likewise

Object Details

ID: CRK/11/156
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Phillipps-Croker
Date made: 1804-09-07 - 1804-09-09
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 item
Parts: A series of correspondence from Admiral Sir John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent including duplicated letters, 1803 - 1805. and Captain Staines to Nelson. (Manuscript)