William Hoste
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Captain Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet, KCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. A protégé of Lord Nelson, he was one of the most talented frigate capta
Captain Hoste of HMS Amphion by Henry Edridge
The destruction of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile by George Arnald
Portrait of Hoste
Statue of William Hoste by Thomas Campbell, St Paul's Cathedral
Siege of Cattaro
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The siege of Cattaro was fought between a British Royal Naval detachment of Captain William Hoste and Montenegrin forces of Petar I Petrović-Njegoš respectively and the French garrison under the comma
William Hoste
…Battle of Genoa Battle of Hyères Islands Battle of Cape St Vincent Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Battle of the Nile Napoleonic Wars Battle of Lissa Siege of Cattaro Siege of Ragusa Spouse Harriet Walpole (m. 1817) Captain Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet, KCB (26 August 1780 – 6 December 1828) was a Royal Navy officer…
View of Cattaro (present-day Kotor) from the castle of St. John
The Northern walls of the Cattaro fortress
Medal commemorating HMS Bacchante's bombardment of Cattaro 1814