Edward Riou
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Captain Edward Riou FRS was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars under several of the most distinguished naval officers of his age and won fame and honour for two incidents
Portrait by Samuel Shelley, c. 1800
Portrait of Midshipman Edward Riou, 1776 by Daniel Gardner. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
Distressing situation of the Guardian sloop, Capt. Riou, after striking on a floating Island of ice, depiction of the event printed in 1809
Captain Edward Riou, unifinished watercolour, by John Jackson
Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
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In the Battle of Copenhagen, also known as the First Battle of Copenhagen to distinguish it from the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, a British naval fleet defeated a smaller force of the Royal Da
Edward Riou
…and was assigned in 1801 to Sir Hyde Parker's expedition to the Baltic. Riou worked closely with Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson during the approach to the Battle of Copenhagen, earning Nelson's trust and admiration. Nelson appointed Riou to command his frigate squadron during the battle, but when the engagement began badly…
1806 painting of the battle
Where the Battle of Copenhagen harbour occurred in 1801, and where Roskildefjord is located. It could have been hazardous for the Royal Navy to sail into the fjord, which is very narrow
Sketch of the battle
The Battle of Copenhagen. Painting by Christian Mølsted. (view from a floating battery)