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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 119

x Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, Lissa, Pelagosa 29 Novr. 1811 (Samuel Parratt.), edge bruising, very fine Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 Samuel Parratt served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Active as part of the British squadron which engaged a Franco-Venetian squadron off the Island of Lissa, in the Adriatic, 13.3.1811. Captain Hoste´´s squadron captured two enemy frigates, the 40-gun Bellona, the 40-gun Corona and destroyed the 40-gun frigate Favorite. The combined loss to the British squadron amounted to 190 killed and wounded against an enemy loss of about 430. The original British force was approximately 886 seaman and marines against at least 2,500 Franco-Venetian allies with less than half their gun superiority. Four Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for this action; Parratt later served as the same rating in the same vessel when she in company with H.M.S.´´s Unite and Alceste engaged three French frigates, capturing two, off the Island of Pelagosa in the Adriatic, 29.11.1811. Samuel Parratt, born London; service in the Royal Navy included in H.M.S.´´s Macassar, Terpsichore, Active September 1809 - June 1812, and H.M.S. Briton. Provenance: Glendining May 1922 Sang Collection 1931

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