Sir Samuel Warren KCB KCH was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Admiral Sir Robert Calder's action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805, by William Anderson
HMS Bellerophon, detail from Scene in Plymouth Sound in August 1815, an 1816 painting by John James Chalon. Warren commanded her in the Baltic between 1808 and 1809.
Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies. Warren was part of the British force which captured the city, and the island of Java, in 1811.
Captain Edward Rotheram, CB was a Royal Navy officer who served in American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During his service, Rotheram saw action at several major n
Samuel Warren (Royal Navy officer)
…Warren to command his flagship, the 64-gun HMS Diadem, and the navy operated in support of the assault on the city. On 8 June 1808 he superseded Captain Edward Rotheram in command of the 74-gun HMS Bellerophon. Warren was ordered to join the fleet in the North Sea, blockading the Dutch ports as part of Rear-Admiral…
1803 portrait of Rotheram
Admiral Collingwood, Rotheram's commander at Trafalgar, who considered his subordinate "stupid"