Edward Riou
Royal Navy officer · Lived 1762 to 1801 · aged 38
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 in particular.
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Portrait of Midshipman Edward Riou, 1776 by Daniel Gardner. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
Plan of HMS Resistance, a sister ship of HMS Guardian. Resistance was ordered the same year and was laid down two months before HMS Guardian
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
The British fleet flying the blue ensign during the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen, the Royal Navy ships HMS Russell and HMS Bellona running aground in the right foreground.
The monument to Edward Riou in St Paul's Cathedral (detail)Awards
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Lived 1762 to 1801 · aged 38