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

Letter from Rear Admiral Robert Stopford on board HMS SCIPION, instructing George Scott to proceed with HMS JAVA, of which he was Acting Commander, along with HMS MADAGASCAR to Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope to deliver a letter to the Resident Commissioner, and then collect provisions for the three-month voyage to England.

Record Details

Item reference: SOT/5/6
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1811-11-17
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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