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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, St. Domingo...
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, St. Domingo (Alex. Smith, 2nd Lieut. R.M.) toned, nearly extremely fine £3,800-£4,600
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Provenance: Sotheby’s, March 1966.
Alexander Smith is confirmed on the rolls as 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Venerable at the Gut of Gibraltar, and of H.M.S. Donegal at St Domingo.
‘At about 10h 35m a.m. the Canopus, leading the lee division, poured in her broadside whilst crossing the bows of the Alexandre, which brought down her three masts by the board; and the dismasted ship afterwards received the passing fire of the Donegal and Atlas.
The Canopus then stood on towards the Impérial and Diomède, while the Donegal and Atlas became the opponents of the Brave and Jupiter. The Spencer, on finding that the Alexandre, besides being totally dismasted, was on fire, filled, and at 11 a.m. bore away to take a further share in the contest. The Donegal, after discharging her starboard broadside at the Brave, wore under her stern, and engaged the french ship with her larboard guns until the Brave struck her colours. The Donegal then made sail, and after the discharge of some broadsides from her larboard guns into the Jupiter, (who, as well as the Brave, had been previously engaged by the Atlas and one or two other british ships), ranged a-head, and ran her opponent on board; receiving the french ship's bowsprit just over her larboard quarter, and securing it there, she soon compelled the Jupiter to haul down her colours.’ (Record of the Royal Marines, by P. H. Nicolas, refers).
In this affair Donegal, Captain Pultney Malcom, suffered 12 killed and 11 wounded. The officers of the marines were Lieutenant W. B. McMullen and 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Smith.
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Provenance: Sotheby’s, March 1966.
Alexander Smith is confirmed on the rolls as 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Venerable at the Gut of Gibraltar, and of H.M.S. Donegal at St Domingo.
‘At about 10h 35m a.m. the Canopus, leading the lee division, poured in her broadside whilst crossing the bows of the Alexandre, which brought down her three masts by the board; and the dismasted ship afterwards received the passing fire of the Donegal and Atlas.
The Canopus then stood on towards the Impérial and Diomède, while the Donegal and Atlas became the opponents of the Brave and Jupiter. The Spencer, on finding that the Alexandre, besides being totally dismasted, was on fire, filled, and at 11 a.m. bore away to take a further share in the contest. The Donegal, after discharging her starboard broadside at the Brave, wore under her stern, and engaged the french ship with her larboard guns until the Brave struck her colours. The Donegal then made sail, and after the discharge of some broadsides from her larboard guns into the Jupiter, (who, as well as the Brave, had been previously engaged by the Atlas and one or two other british ships), ranged a-head, and ran her opponent on board; receiving the french ship's bowsprit just over her larboard quarter, and securing it there, she soon compelled the Jupiter to haul down her colours.’ (Record of the Royal Marines, by P. H. Nicolas, refers).
In this affair Donegal, Captain Pultney Malcom, suffered 12 killed and 11 wounded. The officers of the marines were Lieutenant W. B. McMullen and 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Smith.
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, St. Domingo (Alex. Smith, 2nd Lieut. R.M.) toned, nearly extremely fine £3,800-£4,600
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Provenance: Sotheby’s, March 1966.
Alexander Smith is confirmed on the rolls as 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Venerable at the Gut of Gibraltar, and of H.M.S. Donegal at St Domingo.
‘At about 10h 35m a.m. the Canopus, leading the lee division, poured in her broadside whilst crossing the bows of the Alexandre, which brought down her three masts by the board; and the dismasted ship afterwards received the passing fire of the Donegal and Atlas.
The Canopus then stood on towards the Impérial and Diomède, while the Donegal and Atlas became the opponents of the Brave and Jupiter. The Spencer, on finding that the Alexandre, besides being totally dismasted, was on fire, filled, and at 11 a.m. bore away to take a further share in the contest. The Donegal, after discharging her starboard broadside at the Brave, wore under her stern, and engaged the french ship with her larboard guns until the Brave struck her colours. The Donegal then made sail, and after the discharge of some broadsides from her larboard guns into the Jupiter, (who, as well as the Brave, had been previously engaged by the Atlas and one or two other british ships), ranged a-head, and ran her opponent on board; receiving the french ship's bowsprit just over her larboard quarter, and securing it there, she soon compelled the Jupiter to haul down her colours.’ (Record of the Royal Marines, by P. H. Nicolas, refers).
In this affair Donegal, Captain Pultney Malcom, suffered 12 killed and 11 wounded. The officers of the marines were Lieutenant W. B. McMullen and 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Smith.
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Provenance: Sotheby’s, March 1966.
Alexander Smith is confirmed on the rolls as 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Venerable at the Gut of Gibraltar, and of H.M.S. Donegal at St Domingo.
‘At about 10h 35m a.m. the Canopus, leading the lee division, poured in her broadside whilst crossing the bows of the Alexandre, which brought down her three masts by the board; and the dismasted ship afterwards received the passing fire of the Donegal and Atlas.
The Canopus then stood on towards the Impérial and Diomède, while the Donegal and Atlas became the opponents of the Brave and Jupiter. The Spencer, on finding that the Alexandre, besides being totally dismasted, was on fire, filled, and at 11 a.m. bore away to take a further share in the contest. The Donegal, after discharging her starboard broadside at the Brave, wore under her stern, and engaged the french ship with her larboard guns until the Brave struck her colours. The Donegal then made sail, and after the discharge of some broadsides from her larboard guns into the Jupiter, (who, as well as the Brave, had been previously engaged by the Atlas and one or two other british ships), ranged a-head, and ran her opponent on board; receiving the french ship's bowsprit just over her larboard quarter, and securing it there, she soon compelled the Jupiter to haul down her colours.’ (Record of the Royal Marines, by P. H. Nicolas, refers).
In this affair Donegal, Captain Pultney Malcom, suffered 12 killed and 11 wounded. The officers of the marines were Lieutenant W. B. McMullen and 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Smith.
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