Signal 16 — Copenhagen 2 April 1801
Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A telescope on a quarterdeck rail. Not a flag plate and not a likeness.
Overview
The hoist is already on the Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. Around 1pm on 2 April 1801 Hyde Parker — British Admiral hoisted Signal No. 39 — discontinue the action — as a permissive order. Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview kept his own Signal 16 — engage the enemy more closely — flying.1
The Hoist
This note covers that Signal 16 hoist only. A flag colour, a code book, and a later Popham table stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.
Telescope — Copenhagen 2 April 1801 already covers the telescope. Q — Did Nelson really say “blind eye” at Copenhagen already covers the wording. Spoken lines stay on the battle note and the source card, not here. Trafalgar Signal Flags — 21 October 1805 is a different day.2
Sources
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Same Subject
- Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
- Hyde Parker — British Admiral
- Telescope — Copenhagen 2 April 1801
- Q — Did Nelson really say “blind eye” at Copenhagen
- Trafalgar Signal Flags — 21 October 1805
Cross-Domain
- England Expects Signal — Trafalgar 1805
- Age of Sail — Era Overview
- Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline
Footnotes
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Signal 16 — engage the enemy more closely — kept flying after Signal 39: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. ↩
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Telescope and contested wording stay on their own pages. Do not recopy a spoken line. Do not invent a flag colour or a code book. Parker’s London stays rate-unknown. ↩