Captain Sir Edward Berry HMS VANGUARD to Nelson HMS RUBY, off Yarmouth, 20 July 1801, poor quality of the crew, Nelson his only real friend, state of his ship, request to speak to Troubridge at the Admiralty.

Captain Sir Edward Berry (1768-1831), Nelson's flag captain at the Nile in HMS VANGUARD, later Vice Admiral. Berry to Nelson, HMS RUBY, off Yarmouth, 20 July 1801, off the Texel 21 July, passage from the Baltic, ordered to the Texel, poor quality of the crew, Nelson his only real friend, state of his ship, request to speak to Troubridge at the Admiralty

Record Details

Item reference: CRK/2/42
Catalogue Section: Artificial collections previously assembled
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 item
Date made: 1801-07-20 - 1801-07-21
Creator: Phillipps-Croker
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London