Edward Riou FRS (20 November 1762 – 2 April 1801) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary Wars under several of the...
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HMS Guardian (1784) (section Riou and the iceberg)
a store and convict transport to Australia, under Lieutenant Edward Riou. In 1789 Riou sailed Guardian, loaded with provisions, animals, convicts and...
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Riou is a common family name from Brittany, in France: Riou may refer to: People Edward Riou (1762–1801), British naval officer Édouard Riou (1833–1900)...
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David Nelson Omai Hugh Palliser Sydney Parkinson Nathaniel Portlock Edward Riou Henry Roberts David Samwell Daniel Solander Herman Spöring William Taylor...
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Danish line from the south, and a force of frigates, commanded by Captain Edward Riou of HMS Amazon, would attack the northern end of the line. Troops would...
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Quilliam's gallantry and calmness under fire following the death of Captain Edward Riou and all the senior officers of the Amazon, quickly came to the attention...
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Nathaniel Portlock served as master's mate on Discovery and later Resolution Edward Riou was a midshipman on Discovery and later Resolution Henry Roberts served...
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iceberg, on an actual event involving HMS Guardian and her commander Edward Riou in 1789. The novel uses Lieutenant James Grant as the model for the fictional...
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David Nelson Omai Hugh Palliser Sydney Parkinson Nathaniel Portlock Edward Riou Henry Roberts David Samwell Daniel Solander Herman Spöring William Taylor...
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Corps, and his wife Elizabeth, on Scarborough. Macarthur's eldest son, Edward Macarthur, who accompanied his parents on the Neptune and Scarborough, is...
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Returned to US Navy 25 October 1945, sold for scrap, 7 May 1946 Riou K557 DE-92 Edward Riou 4 August 1943 23 October 1943 14 December 1943 Returned to US...
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David Nelson Omai Hugh Palliser Sydney Parkinson Nathaniel Portlock Edward Riou Henry Roberts David Samwell Daniel Solander Herman Spöring William Taylor...
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government erected a joint monument to Mosse and a second naval hero, Edward Riou, who also fell in the Battle of Copenhagen, in the crypt of St Paul's...
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was part of a flotilla of five frigates under the command of Captain Edward Riou that were to act as a manoeuvrable reserve force. After beginning the...
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actuality, some years later. Pitt was on HMS Guardian, under Captain Edward Riou in 1789–90 when Guardian struck an iceberg near the Cape of Good Hope;...
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Paul's, is Rossi's monument to Captain James Robert Mosse and Captain Edward Riou. In 1809 Rossi worked with John Flaxman on two friezes for the facade...
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(from other smaller ships) who were under the direct command of Captains Edward Riou and Charles Nugent. Only the smaller Zebra, commanded by Robert Faulknor...
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consequence as it turned out. The Guardian under the command of Lieutenant Edward Riou set sail from Spithead on 8 September 1789, and had an uneventful voyage...
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Portrait of Midshipman Edward Riou, 1776 by Daniel Gardner. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney....
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An 1809 artist's impression of storeship HMS Guardian under the command of Captain Edward Riou striking an iceberg on the way to New Holland...
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Nelson appointed Sutton to command the 38-gun HMS Amazon, whose captain, Edward Riou, had been killed in the battle. Sutton remained serving in the Baltic...
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HMS Riou (K557) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United States Navy...
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Rear-Admiral (S) Edward Loftus Tottenham, OBE. Lieutenant-General John Chaddesley Westall, CBE, Royal Marines. Army Major-General Edward Riou Benson, CMG,...
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role in the Battle of Copenhagen under Edward Riou, who commanded the frigate squadron during the attack. After Riou was killed during the battle, command...
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sloops and frigates, under the command of Edward Riou, that attacked the Danish vessels near the harbour mouth. Riou's force took heavy fire from the Trekroner...
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December. In November Salisbury handed command of the ship over to Captain Edward Riou, who brought with him several new officers because Beaulieu had taken...
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Lines, South Camp, Blandford in Dorset, under the command of Brigadier Edward Riou Benson (1903–85). Within a month the Headquarters (HQ) staff had joined...
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Arrow was in a squadron of sloops and frigates, under the command of Edward Riou, that attacked the Danish vessels near the harbour mouth. She was the...
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frigate "Bienvenue" anchored alongside. The 500 marines, under Captain Edward Riou and Captain Nugent, were given entry to the fort by Faulknor's second-in-command...
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officer and poet Christopher Robert Pemberton (1765–1822), physician Edward Riou, (1762–1801), Royal Navy officer Samuel Rogers (1763–1855), poet José...
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