Hood to Hamilton arrival of Neapolitan ships and troops, sending Rear Admiral Gell to Genoa to threaten blockade after seizure of my letters by a French frigate, supported by Spanish and a French royalist ship, 2 October, report of Post taken by French, sent 500 Albanese marines and cannon ashore to recover it, report of success enclosed

Lord HOOD, Commander in Chief Meditteranean (Samuel Admiral Viscount, 1724- 1816) to Sir William Hamilton, British Minister Naples, 36 letters and enclosures. Hood to Hamilton, HMS VICTORY, Road to Toulon, 1 October 1793, (2 pages), arrival of Neapolitan ships and troops, sending Rear Admiral Gell to Genoa to threaten blockade after seizure of my letters by a French frigate, supported by Spanish and a French royalist ship, 2 October, report of Post taken by French, sent 500 Albanese marines and cannon ashore to recover it, report of success enclosed

Record Details

Item reference: CRK/7/26
Catalogue Section: Artificial collections previously assembled
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1793-10-01 - ?
Creator: Phillipps-Croker
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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