Letter with instructions from Rear Admiral Robert Stopford of HMS SCIPION to Senior Lieutenant George Scott of HMS PHOEBE.

Letter from Rear Admiral Robert Stopford, Commander in Chief of HM ships and vessels employed at the Cape of Good Hope, appointing George Scott, who was Senior Lieutenant of HMS PHOEBE at that time, Master and Commander of the JAVA (formerly LA RENOMMEE, the captured French frigate).

Record Details

Item reference: SOT/5/5
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1811-10-26
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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