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Vessel: HMS Fisgard
Recipient: Capt. William Bolton
Type: £100
Action: Capturing the Island of Curacao

(1st January, 1807)

This action is described in 'Medals of the British Navy and How They Were Won' by Long, H. W. starting at page 47.

Award Date: 24th February, 1807
Inscription: From the Patriotic Fund at Lloyds to Wm. Bolton Esq. Captn of H.M.S. Fisgard, for the Conquest of Curacao by a Daring Coup de Main on the first of Jany as Recorded in the London Gazette extraordinary of the 22nd Feby 1807


Location: Wardroom, HMS Raleigh
References: illustrated in Naval Swords (2009) p59 by John McGrath and Mark Barton

 

 

 


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