Letter from Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, HMS OCEAN, off Syracuse, to Captain John Handfield, HM sloop DELIGHT.

Collingwood commands Handfield to assist the garrison at Scylla (Calabria/ modern Italy) to resist an expected French attack. Collingwood remarks ‘the station is one that I attach great importance to, and at this moment it is of the utmost consequence.’

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ID:	AGC/C/20
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Collingwood, Cuthbert
Date made:	1808-01-31; 31 January 1808
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 letter: 314 mm x 200 mm
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Letter from Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, HMS OCEAN, off Syracuse, to Captain John Handfield, HM sloop DELIGHT.

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