12 February 1801:
Nelson shifted his flag to the St George
17 February: Nelson
was ordered to place himself under the command of
Admiral Hyde Parker, in the fleet destined for the
Baltic.
21 February: Arrived at Spithead and proceeded to London
for a short period of leave
27 February: Nelson arrived back at Portsmouth and
boarded the St George, commanded by his old friend
Captain Hardy
28 February: The St George and various other ships got
under weigh at daylight. On board were 760 troops of the
49th regiment and 100 of a rifle corps.
29 March: Nelson
shifted his Flag from the St George to the shallower
draught Elephant and took command of about half the
fleet - ten sail of the line with shallow draught and
twenty-seven smaller ships, including frigates,
bomb-ketches and fire-ships for a direct attack upon the
city, perhaps to be followed by the landing of troops
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