Signal 39 — 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.1
The Hoist
This note covers that Signal 39 hoist only. A flag colour, a code book, and a later Popham table stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.
Signal 16 — Copenhagen 2 April 1801 already used the engage-more-closely hoist and left this signal on the battle note. Telescope — Copenhagen 2 April 1801 already covers the telescope. Spoken lines stay on the battle note and the source card, not here. Parker’s London stays rate-unknown.2
Sources
- @knight2005pursuit
- @white2005nelson
- @adkin2005trafalgar
- Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
- Hyde Parker — British Admiral
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Footnotes
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Around 1pm, Signal No. 39 — discontinue the action — as a permissive order: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview and Hyde Parker — British Admiral. ↩
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Signal 16 stays on Signal 16 — Copenhagen 2 April 1801. Do not invent a flag colour or a code book. Do not recopy a spoken line. Parker’s London stays rate-unknown. ↩