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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 96

x Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Centaur 26 Augt. 1808 (Robert Clayton.), minor edge bruising, very fine Estimate £ 2,400-2,800 Robert Clayton served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Centaur for the pursuit of the Russian fleet of 24 ships and the capture of the 74 gun Sevolod by H.M. Ships Centaur (flag of Sir Samuel Hood, Captain W.H. Webley) and Implacable (Captain T.B. Martin) off Hango Head, south coast of Finland. During this spirited action, in which the Sevolod was captured, escaped and captured once more resulting in her being set on fire and completely destroyed, the Russians lost over 300 men killed and wounded, whilst the British losses were a combined total of 62 killed or wounded. Approximately 41 of this clasp claimed for this action. Provenance: Whitaker Collection 1890 J.B. Hayward June 1975

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