Naval orders signed by Viscount Exmouth 1814
Description
Title: Orders given to Lieutenant Alexander Mercadell to take command of the HMS Caledonia
Author: Pellew, Edward, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Description: Printed document accomplished in ink, signed Exmouth. 11½x7½.Under the printed name of Sir Edward Pellew, Bart, Vice Admiral of the Red, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed in the Mediterranean. Lieut. A. Mercadell, at the time commaning The Prince Bullock Ship, is appointed Lieutenant commanding the HMS Caledonia, the previous commander, "Lieut. A. Elphinstone of His Majesty's Ship Caledonia being Superseded." Pellew long and accomplished service in the British Navy was to lead to his appearance in a number of novels in the 20th century, inclding C.S. Forester's "Hornblower and the Hotspur" and "Mr. Midshipman Hornblower."
Heading: zzcPlace Published: Mahon, Minorca
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Date Published: 19 July 1814
Author: Pellew, Edward, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Description: Printed document accomplished in ink, signed Exmouth. 11½x7½.Under the printed name of Sir Edward Pellew, Bart, Vice Admiral of the Red, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed in the Mediterranean. Lieut. A. Mercadell, at the time commaning The Prince Bullock Ship, is appointed Lieutenant commanding the HMS Caledonia, the previous commander, "Lieut. A. Elphinstone of His Majesty's Ship Caledonia being Superseded." Pellew long and accomplished service in the British Navy was to lead to his appearance in a number of novels in the 20th century, inclding C.S. Forester's "Hornblower and the Hotspur" and "Mr. Midshipman Hornblower."
Heading: zzcPlace Published: Mahon, Minorca
Publisher:
Date Published: 19 July 1814
Condition
Four small glue spots on the verso; fine condition.
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Naval orders signed by Viscount Exmouth 1814
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