Nelson Unfit for Command — After Tenerife 1797

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A night harbour under a high island. Not a likeness and not a siege plan.

Overview

The assessment is already on Nelson — Loss of Arm at Tenerife 1797. After the night assault Nelson returned to England, was assessed unfit for command, and feared his career was over.¹

The Assessment

This note covers that unfit assessment only. An assessment date, a board, and a later medical report stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Amputation Surgery at Sea — 18th Century already used the 11pm operation. Left-Hand Dispatches — Tenerife 1797 already used the left-hand writing. The Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview, fought barely a year later, stays there. Do not invent Santa Cruz forts or a garrison from this page.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• Nelson — Loss of Arm at Tenerife 1797

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Footnotes

1. Returned to England; assessed unfit for command; feared his career was over: Nelson — Loss of Arm at Tenerife 1797. ↩

2. Operation stays on Amputation Surgery at Sea — 18th Century. Left-hand writing stays on Left-Hand Dispatches — Tenerife 1797. Nile stays on Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview. Do not invent an assessment date, a board, forts, or a garrison. ↩