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154<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Lissa<br />

(William Hays.), minor edge bruising, very fine<br />

£1,600-2,000<br />

William Hays served as Carpenter in H.M.S. Amphion, as part<br />

of a British squadron, for the action with a Franco-Venetian<br />

squadron, capture of two enemy frigates, the 40-gun Bellona,<br />

the 40-gun Corona, <strong>and</strong> the destruction of the 40-gun frigate<br />

Favorite, off the isl<strong>and</strong> of Lissa in the Adriatic, 13.3.1811. A<br />

total of four Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for this<br />

action.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendinning February 1906<br />

<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

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155<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, St.<br />

Sebastian (William J. [sic] Scott, Capt. R.N.), nearly<br />

extremely fine<br />

£2,800-3,200<br />

William Isaac Scott served as Captain in H.M.S. Freija, which<br />

assisted in the capture of St. Sebastian when some ship’s boats<br />

were employed in the inner blockade, 8.9.1813.<br />

Captain William Isaac Scott, R.N., joined the Royal Navy<br />

as a Volunteer, <strong>and</strong> was appointed to H.M.S. Windsor Castle<br />

(Captain W.H. Kelly); served as Midshipman, H.M.S. St.<br />

George <strong>and</strong> the Solebay, on the West India station, <strong>and</strong> was<br />

‘part of the force engaged in 1794 at the reduction of the<br />

French isl<strong>and</strong>s’ (O’Byrne refers); served in the Veteran <strong>and</strong><br />

the Revolutionnaire prior to being appointed Lieutenant,<br />

H.M.S. Voltigeur, May 1799; he served in the Clyde <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Urania <strong>and</strong> with the latter returned to the West Indies,<br />

August 1808; served in H.M.S. Hibernia (flag-ship of Sir<br />

Charles Cotton), at Lisbon; promoted Comm<strong>and</strong>er, October<br />

1810; served in H.M.S. Freija, 1812-1814; Captain 1814.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Glendining, November 1987

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