See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• EDWARD RIOU (1758?-1801)

RIOU (1758?-1801)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British sailor, entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . In 178o he was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant, and nine years later he was in command of the " See also:

• GUARDIAN

Guardian "when that See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, crowded with convicts, struck a hidden See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock off the See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . See also:

• RIOU, EDWARD (1758?-1801)

Riou, after parting with as many of his men as the boats would hold, not only successfully navigated his See also:

• HALF

half-sinking See also:

• SHIP

ship 400 leagues to the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, but kept See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order amongst the panic-stricken convicts, an achievement which had few See also:

• PARALLELS

parallels in See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals, and won Lieutenant Riou's immediate promotion . He did not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long remain a See also:

• COMMANDER

commander and in 1991 he was posted . Under See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Jervis he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the operations about See also:

• MARTINIQUE

Martinique and See also:

• GUADELOUPE

Guadeloupe in 1794, and in the "See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon" he accompanied the expedition under Sir See also:

• HYDE
• HYDE, THOMAS (1636-1703)

Hyde See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker to the Baltic in r8or . His See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate led the way through the Channel at See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, and in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle he was attached as See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

commodore of a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron to See also:

• NELSON
• NELSON, HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT (1758-1805)
• NELSON, ROBERT (s656-1715)

Nelson's See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . Through the grounding of three See also:

• SHIPS

ships of the See also:

• LINE

line, Riou and his frigates found themselves opposed to the full force of the See also:

• GREAT

great Trekroner See also:

• BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery . Early in the fight he was wounded, but refused to leave the See also:

• DECK

deck, and, as he was sitting on a See also:

• GUN

gun-See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage and directing his men's See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, he was cut in two by a See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball . Nelson, who had not known him before this expedition, had conceived a great See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection for Riou, and spoke of his loss as " irreparable." See also:

• BRENTON, SIR JAHLEEL (1770-1844)

Brenton, the naval historian, declared that he had all the qualities of a perfect officer . See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament commemorated the memory of the " gallant good Riou " by a memorial in St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral .