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Vessel: HMS Sirius
Recipient: Capt. William Prowse
Type: £100 Trafalgar
Action: Battle of Trafalgar

(21st October, 1805)

This action is described in 'Medals of the British Navy and How They Were Won' by Long, H. W. starting at page 43.

Award Date: 3rd December, 1805
Inscription: From the Patriotic Fund at Lloyds to William Prowse Esqr. Capt. of H.M.S. Sirius for his Meritorious Services In Contributing To The Signal Victory Obtained Over the Combined Fleets of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar on the 21st of October 1805


Location: Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth, 3/7
References: listed at 1891 RN Exhibition (11/19)

 

 

 


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