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Vessel: HMS Arethusa
Recipient: Capt. Charles Brisbane
Type: £100
Action: Attack on Moro castle, Cuba

(23rd August, 1806)

This action is described in 'Medals of the British Navy and How They Were Won' by Long, H. W. starting at page 132.

Award Date: 2nd December, 2006
Inscription: From The Patriotic Fund at Lloyds to Charles Brisbane Esq. Captain of H.M.S. Arethusa, for the Conquest of Curacao by a Daring Coup de Main on the first of Jany 1807 by His Majesty's Squadron under his Command, as Recorded in the London Gazette extr of the 22nd Feby


Location: Lloyds of London 11/13
References: illustrated in JAAS Patriotic Fund Swords by Leslie Southwick Sept 1987

 

 

 


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