HMS Bellerophon

On April 30th, following is recorded in the log of the London, "The arrival of HMS Vanguard, carrying Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson's flag." And on May 3rd, the Vanguard proceeded to Gibraltar.

On May 24th, the detached squadron sailed as follows, Culloden, Captain Trowbridge, Bellerophon, Defense, Theseus, Goliath, Zealous, Minotaur, Majestic, and Swiftsure.

These three entries foreshadow the Battle of the Nile on August 1st.

The account of this victory was read to the crew of the London on September 27th, and on October 24th, they saw 11 sail in the southwest, the Orion and the French line of battleships, prizes to Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson's fleet.

But in this they were fortunately mistaken.

Indeed, they acknowledged that they had considered Lord Nelson's whole force as only 27, and knowing that he had detached six into the Mediterranean, expected to find him with only 21 ships, and the irregular mass in which our ships bore down to the attack prevented their counting them, so that till after the action was closed the French admiral did not discover how great a force he had encountered.

The van of our fleet, which led the attack, have suffered very much, especially the Victory, Royal Sovereign, Temeraire, Belle Isle, Mars and Bellerophon.

But some of the rear vessels hardly got into action at all.

He initially hoped to leave Europe for the United States, but the British government refused to allow him to escape.

He eventually surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland aboard HMS Bellerophon on the 15th of July and was taken to Britain, where the government decided that he should be removed to a location from which he could not easily return.

Saint Helena, an island situated roughly halfway between Africa and South America, was selected for this purpose.

Napoleon was transported to the island on board HMS Northumberland, commanded by Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn.

On May 24th, the detached squadron sailed as follows.

Culloden, Captain Trowbridge, Bellerophon, Defence, Theseus, Goliath, Zealous, Minotaur, Majestic, and Swiftsure.

These three entries foreshadow the Battle of the Nile on August 1st.

The account of this victory was read to the crew of the London on September 27th, and on October 24th, they saw 11 sail in the southwest, the Orion and the French line of battleships, prizes to Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson's fleet.

But in this, they were fortunately mistaken.

Indeed, they acknowledged that they had considered Lord Nelson's whole force as only twenty-seven, and knowing that he had detached six into the Mediterranean, expected to find him with only twenty-one ships, and the irregular mass in which our ships bore down to the attack prevented their counting them, so that till after the action was closed, the French admiral did not discover how great a force he had encountered.

The van of our fleet, which led the attack, have suffered very much, especially the Victory, Royal Sovereign, Temeraire, Belleisle, Mars and Bellerophon.

But some of the rear vessels hardly got into action at all.

Uh, he's worried he's gonna get executed.

But about a month after Waterloo, he walks aboard the HMS Bellerophon and surrenders himself to Captain Maitland.

Mm.

And he compares himself to the Athenian general Themistocles.

The expedition was commanded by Sir John Franklin, who was fifty-nine years old and on his fourth Arctic voyage.

Franklin was a career naval officer who had fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 as a young signal midshipman aboard HMS Bellerophon, one of the ships of the line that engaged the French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar.

He had subsequently served in the bombardment of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and had spent much of his later career in the polar regions.

He had led two major overland expeditions to chart the northern coast of Canada, following the great rivers northward from Hudson's Bay Company post through the boreal forest and across the tundra to the Arctic shore, and then surveying the coastline by canoe in the brief weeks of Arctic summer when the rivers were free of ice and the coastal waters were navigable.

On April 30th, following is recorded in the log of the London, the arrival of HMS Vanguard, carrying Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson's flag, and on May 3rd the Vanguard proceeded to Gibraltar.

On May 24th, the detached squadron sailed as follows, Culloden, Captain Trowbridge, Bellerophon, Defence, Theseus, Goliath, Zealous, Minotaur, Majestic and Swiftsure.

These three entries foreshadow the Battle of the Nile on August 1st.

The account of this victory was read to the crew of the London on September 27th, and on October 24th they saw 11 sail in the southwest, the Orion and the French line of battleships, prizes to Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson's fleet.

But in this they were fortunately mistaken.

Indeed, they acknowledged that they had considered Lord Nelson's whole force as only 27, and knowing that he had detached six into the Mediterranean, expected to find him with only 21 ships, and the irregular mass in which our ships bore down to the attack prevented their counting them, so that till after the action was closed the French admiral did not discover how great a force he had encountered.

The van of our fleet, which led the attack, have suffered very much, especially the Victory, Royal Sovereign, Temeraire, Belle Isle, Mars and Bellerophon.

But some of the rear vessels hardly got into action at all.