Captains Mosse and Riou (Battle of Copenhagen 1801)

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Reference WMO/261821

Address:

St Paul's Cathedral Crypt

City of London

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Figure sculpture
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: A sarcophagus with animal heads in relief supporting its lid standing above a tablet (showing history and account of deaths) set between sculptures of angels holding roundels containing busts of the two sailors in relief. Died at Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
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'The Services and Death / of two valiant and distinguished Officers. JAMES ROBERT MOSSE, Captain of the Monarch / and EDWARD RIOU of the Amazon / fell in the attack upon Copenhagen / conducted by Lord Nelson 2nd April 1801 / are commemorated by this Monument/erected at the national expense. / JAMES ROBERT MOSSE was born in 1746 / served as a Lieutenant / several years under Lord Howe / and was promoted to the rank of Post Captain in 1790. / To EDWARD RIOU who was born in 1762 / an extraordinary occasion was presented / in the early part of his service, / of signalizing his intrepidity / and presence of mind / which were combined with the most anxious / solicitude for the lives of those under his command / with a magnanimous disregard for his own. / When his Ship, the Guardian struck upon / an island of Ice, in Dec. 1789 and afforded no prospect. / but that of immediate destruction to those on board, / Lieut Riou encouraged all those who desired to take the chance / of preserving themselves in the boats to consult their safety / but judging it contrary to his own duty / to desert the Vessel / he neither gave up to despair / nor relaxed his exertions; / whereby after ten weeks of the most perilous navigation / he succeeded in bringing his disabled Ship into Port / receiving this high reward / of fortitude and perseverance / from the divine Providence / on whose protection he relied.' [Round portraits] 'Capt JAMES ROBERT MOSSE' 'Capt EDWARD RIOU'

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