Pitt and Addington — Baltic Fleet 1801

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Ships in Baltic ice. Not a likeness and not a cabinet portrait.

Overview

The dispatch is already on the Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview and the League of Armed Neutrality of the North 1800–1801. The Pitt and Addington governments dispatched a Baltic fleet to break the league before Russian and Swedish ships could escape the spring ice.¹

The Dispatch

This note covers that dispatch only. A ministry year, a cabinet list, and a land war stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Denmark — Armed Neutrality Partner 1800–1801 already used the partnership. Hyde Parker — British Admiral already used the 2 April command. Do not invent which Pitt, an office date, or a Sound Dues from this page.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• League of Armed Neutrality of the North 1800–1801

Related

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Same Subject

• League of Armed Neutrality of the North 1800–1801
• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• Hyde Parker — British Admiral
• Denmark — Armed Neutrality Partner 1800–1801

Cross-Domain

• Tsar Paul I of Russia
• Baltic Naval Stores — 1800–1801
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Pitt and Addington governments dispatched a Baltic fleet to break the league before Russian and Swedish ships could escape the spring ice: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview and League of Armed Neutrality of the North 1800–1801. ↩

2. Partnership stays on Denmark — Armed Neutrality Partner 1800–1801. 2 April command stays on Hyde Parker — British Admiral. Do not invent a ministry year, which Pitt, an office date, Sound Dues, or a land war. ↩