Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọrụ a gara n'ihu ruo ná mmalite afọ 1809, bụ́ mgbe ọ laghachiri Britain. Ka ọ na-erule n'oge a, Briten etinyela aka nke ukwuu n'Oké Osimiri Baltic, na-echebe ihe ndị metụtara azụmahịa. Otu njem nlegharị anya n'okpuru Sir James Gambier na July 1807 weghaara ọtụtụ ndị Danish Navy na Agha nke Abụọ nke Copenhagen, na nzaghachi na-atụ egwu na ọ nwere ike ịdaba n'aka Napoleon, na-akwụ ụgwọ nke ịmalite a
agha na Denmark. Captain Hamilton hapụrụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, onye nọchiri ya bụ Captain Edward Sneyd Clay. "Temeraire" ghọrọ ụgbọ mmiri nke Rear Admiral Sir Manley Dixon, na iwu ka ọ gaa Baltic iji wusie ụgbọ mmiri ndị nọ n'okpuru Sir James Saumarez ike. "Temeraire" rutere na May 1809 ma ziga ya ka ọ nọchibido Karlskrona n'ụsọ oké osimiri Sweden.