Napoleon surrenders to HMS Bellerophon
1815 · Event
Blocked from sailing to America, Napoleon boards a British ship of the line at Rochefort and throws himself on the mercy of 'the most powerful, the most constant and the most generous of my enemies'. Anchored off Devon, the Bellerophon draws sightseeing boats by the thousand — Britain's greatest celebrity, bound for Saint Helena.
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