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Details Vessel: HMS Franchise Recipient: Lieut. H. Mends (RM) Type: £50 Action: Cutting out Spanish brig Raposa, Bay of Campeachy (6th January, 1806) Award Date: 9th September, 1806 Inscription: Location: Private collection Appeared at Auction: Sothebys (date not known). References: illustrated in JAAS Patriotic Fund Swords by Leslie Southwick Sept 1987 (photo courtesy Sothebys)