Impressment warrant issued to Captain Alexander Hood

MLMSS 10501

fonds

20 December 1794

1011016

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - printed, manuscript

Alexander Hood (1758–1798) entered the Royal Navy in 1767, and accompanied Captain Cook on the ‘Resolution’ in his second voyage round the world from 1772 to 1775. He was promoted to captain in 1781, after distinguishing himself in the West Indies. Only briefly in command of the ‘Audacious’, ill-health kept him on land until 1797, when he took command of the ‘Mars’. During a battle with the French ship ‘Hercule’ off the coast of Brittany, Hood was mortally wounded and died soon after the French surrendered.

Reference:
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hood, Hood, Sir Samuel s.v. Captain Alexander Hood". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed 25 January 2021. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hood,_Sir_Samuel

Acquired by the vendor from a private collection

Impressment warrant issued by the British Admiralty, authorising Captain Alexander Hood of HMS ‘Audacious’ to impress as many seamen or rivermen as necessary to man his ship ‘or any other of His Majesty’s ships’. The warrant, on a single sheet, bears the Admiralty stamp and is signed by John Ibbetson, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, and three others. It is dated 20 December 1794, to be in force until 31 December 1795.

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