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Vessel: The Warley
Recipient: Capt. Henry Wilson
Type: £50
Action: Action between a division of the East India Company's fleet and a French squadron, China Seas

(15th February, 1804)

Award Date: 14th August, 1804
Inscription: From the Patriotic Fund at Lloyds to H. Wilson Esqr.Comng the H.E.I.CO.s Ship Warley one of the Fleet of Merchantmen which on the 15th Feby 1804 Defeated & Pursued a Squadron of French Men of War Under Command of Adl Linois in the Marengo of 84 Guns as Recorded in the London Gazette of the 11th August


Location: National Maritime Museum
References: illustrated in Naval Swords by P.G.W. Annis; illustrated in A Patriotic Fund Presentation Sword by J.P.Puype; illustrated in An Historical Guide to Arms and Armour by Stephen Bull

 

 

 


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