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Transfer to HMS Northumberland

When: 7 August to 15 October 1815
Where: Saint Helena
Part of: Fall of Napoleon: abdication, surrender, exile and the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815)

Napoleon was transferred to HMS Northumberland for his final exile on Saint Helena.

Under the command of Captain Charles Ross, HMS Northumberland escorted Napoleon to exile in August to October 1815. The British government selected Saint Helena as the place of exile for Napoleon Bonaparte following his defeat at Waterloo and subsequent abdication.

Sources

HMS Northumberland (1798) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-23
Saint Helena Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-17

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