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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 5

(x) Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Corns. Taylor.), very fine

Provenance:
Glendining's, October 1918.

Cornelius Taylor was born circa 1782 and served as a Landsman aboard the 74-gun H.M.S. Atlas at the Battle of San Domingo, fought on 6 February 1806 between a squadron of British vessels led by Vice-Admiral Sir John Duckworth and a squadron of French ships (including the vast 120-gun Imperial) commanded by Admiral Corentin de Leissegues. Atlas, commanded by Captain Samuel Pym, took a very active part in the action and was fortunate to lose only 19 men killed and wounded, especially considering she exchanged broadsides with the French flagship. She did, however, have the misfortune to collide with H.M.S. Canopus after her tiller jammed; this collision tore off her bowsprit and the resulting damage made her difficult to manoeuvre. Nevertheless, Duckworth scored an important victory and all the French ships of the line were either captured or destroyed.

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£800