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Details Vessel: HM FS Mediator Recipient: Lieut. Nicholas Brent Clements Type: £50 Action: Leading fire ship in attack on French fleet, Basque Roads (12th April, 1809) This action is described in 'Medals of the British Navy and How They Were Won' by Long, H. W. starting at page 154. Award Date: 25th April, 1809 Inscription: From the Patriotic Fund at Lloyds to Lieut N.B. Clements of H.M.S. Mediator for his Gallant Conduct in the attack of the French Fleet Destroyed in Basque Roads on the 12th April as Recorded in the London Gazette Extraordinary of the 21st of April 1809 Location: Private Collection, USA Appeared at Auction: Wallis & Wallis 19th July 2005 Lot 202 .