Foley Captain Elephant — 2 April 1801

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A British 74-gun two-decker of the Copenhagen generation. Not a likeness.

Overview

The posting is already on the Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview and HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate. Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview transferred his flag from HMS St George — 98-gun Second Rate to HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate under Captain Foley Thomas — British Captain.¹

The Posting

This note covers that 2 April 1801 posting only. A start date for the command, a later year, and the Nile inside passage stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

The Foley person note already covers 1 August 1798 only and left Copenhagen on RESEARCH_QUEUE. HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate is the ship, not this posting. Signal 16 — Copenhagen 2 April 1801 is the hoist. Do not invent when Foley took Elephant.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Military_Forces
• Ranks_Hierarchy_Index

Same Subject

• Foley Thomas — British Captain
• HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate
• HMS St George — 98-gun Second Rate
• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• Hardy Flag-Captain Victory — 31 July 1803

Cross-Domain

• Hyde Parker — British Admiral
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Nelson transferred into Elephant under Captain Thomas Foley: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview and HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate. ↩

2. 1 August 1798 stays on Foley Thomas — British Captain. Do not invent a start date for the Elephant command. Do not rewrite the Nile inside passage here. ↩