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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 5

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers, (Saml Hinton, Boatswain.) good very fine

Provenance:
Spink, June 1984 (Stansfeld).

Samuel Hinton (a unique name on the Roll) is noted as Boatswain of Glasgow, a 50-gun frigate launched in 1814. She saw action during the Bombardment of Algiers (27 August 1816) when an Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, attempted to force an end to slavery practices carried out by Omar Agha, Dey of Algiers.

The Glasgow, commanded by Napoleonic veteran Captain Anthony Maitland (second son of James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale), took a prominent part in the Bombardment, at one stage battling contrary winds to attempt to come to the aid of the 98-gun Impregnable which had suffered over 150 casualties. This, in turn, exposed Glasgow to heavy fire from previously hidden enemy batteries and subsequently led to heavy damage and 47 members of the ships company killed and wounded.

The battle ended in an Allied victory, though a somewhat costly one as Pellew's force lost 128 killed and 690 wounded in addition to expending over 50,000 roundshot using 118 tons of gunpowder - testament to the difficulty of assaulting strong shore defences during the age of sail. Maitland was made a Companion of the Bath for his actions during the Bombardment, and Glasgow, after seeing further service at Navarino (1827), was broken up in 1829.

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£1,300

Starting price
£550