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The Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant T. G. Nichols, Royal Navy, for the...
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The Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant T. G. Nichols, Royal Navy, for the action off Tamatave, 20 May 1811
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Off Tamatave 20 May 1811 (T. G. Nichols, Lieut. R.N.) nearly extremely fine
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Provenance: Stansfield Collection, Spink, June 1984, and March 1895. Colin Message Collection, August 1999.
Thomas George Nichols entered the Navy on 27 June 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Scourge gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Charles Rundle, lying in the river Medway, where he served until April 1802. In May 1804, he rejoined the same officer in the Trial cutter, off Woolwich; and in September of the same year he was transferred to the Mercury 28, Captain Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, under whom he escorted the outward-bound trade to the Mediterranean, and, after assisting at the capture of the Spanish national vessel El Fuerte de Gibraltar, of 4 guns and 59 men, proceeded to the West Indies. After passing a few weeks off Lisbon in the Pomone 38, Captain William Grenville Lobb, he was again, in September 1805, placed under the orders of the Hon. D. P. Bouverie in L’Aimable 32. Following the same Captain, as Master’s Mate, in Feb. 1806, into the Medusa 32, he took part in that frigate in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata, from October 1806 until her return to England with Lieut.-General Whitelocke in September 1807, including the capture of Maldonado and the island of Gorriti.
Besides assisting at the capture of several privateers, we find him, in 1808, ordered to the coast of Labrador in fruitless pursuit, jointly with the Thalia 36, Captain Thomas Manby, of two French frigates, and experiencing in consequence three months of great privation and hardship. On his subsequent arrival at the Cape of Good Hope in the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robert Stopford, he was nominated, 5 April 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Racehorse 18, Captain James De Rippe, a circumstance which afforded him an opportunity, 20 May following, when in company off Madagascar with the 36-gun frigates Astraea, Phoebe, and Galatea, of assisting, after a long and warmly-contested action with the French 40-gun frigates Rénommée, Clorinde, and Néréide, at the capture of the Rénommée, and, on 25 of the same month, of the Néréide and the settlement of Tamatave. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the Racehorse 2 January 1812, but was superseded in November of the same year, never to go to sea again.
He is recorded in Allen’s Navy List of August 1852 as being on half-pay and in possession of a medal with one clasp: “T. G. Nicjols, Mid. of Medusa at the taking of Moldano and during the operations in the River Plate 1806-7. Actg.-Lt. of Racehorse in the frigate action off Madagascar 1811.”
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Off Tamatave 20 May 1811 (T. G. Nichols, Lieut. R.N.) nearly extremely fine
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Provenance: Stansfield Collection, Spink, June 1984, and March 1895. Colin Message Collection, August 1999.
Thomas George Nichols entered the Navy on 27 June 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Scourge gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Charles Rundle, lying in the river Medway, where he served until April 1802. In May 1804, he rejoined the same officer in the Trial cutter, off Woolwich; and in September of the same year he was transferred to the Mercury 28, Captain Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, under whom he escorted the outward-bound trade to the Mediterranean, and, after assisting at the capture of the Spanish national vessel El Fuerte de Gibraltar, of 4 guns and 59 men, proceeded to the West Indies. After passing a few weeks off Lisbon in the Pomone 38, Captain William Grenville Lobb, he was again, in September 1805, placed under the orders of the Hon. D. P. Bouverie in L’Aimable 32. Following the same Captain, as Master’s Mate, in Feb. 1806, into the Medusa 32, he took part in that frigate in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata, from October 1806 until her return to England with Lieut.-General Whitelocke in September 1807, including the capture of Maldonado and the island of Gorriti.
Besides assisting at the capture of several privateers, we find him, in 1808, ordered to the coast of Labrador in fruitless pursuit, jointly with the Thalia 36, Captain Thomas Manby, of two French frigates, and experiencing in consequence three months of great privation and hardship. On his subsequent arrival at the Cape of Good Hope in the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robert Stopford, he was nominated, 5 April 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Racehorse 18, Captain James De Rippe, a circumstance which afforded him an opportunity, 20 May following, when in company off Madagascar with the 36-gun frigates Astraea, Phoebe, and Galatea, of assisting, after a long and warmly-contested action with the French 40-gun frigates Rénommée, Clorinde, and Néréide, at the capture of the Rénommée, and, on 25 of the same month, of the Néréide and the settlement of Tamatave. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the Racehorse 2 January 1812, but was superseded in November of the same year, never to go to sea again.
He is recorded in Allen’s Navy List of August 1852 as being on half-pay and in possession of a medal with one clasp: “T. G. Nicjols, Mid. of Medusa at the taking of Moldano and during the operations in the River Plate 1806-7. Actg.-Lt. of Racehorse in the frigate action off Madagascar 1811.”
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The Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant T. G. Nichols, Royal Navy, for the action off Tamatave, 20 May 1811
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Off Tamatave 20 May 1811 (T. G. Nichols, Lieut. R.N.) nearly extremely fine
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Provenance: Stansfield Collection, Spink, June 1984, and March 1895. Colin Message Collection, August 1999.
Thomas George Nichols entered the Navy on 27 June 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Scourge gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Charles Rundle, lying in the river Medway, where he served until April 1802. In May 1804, he rejoined the same officer in the Trial cutter, off Woolwich; and in September of the same year he was transferred to the Mercury 28, Captain Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, under whom he escorted the outward-bound trade to the Mediterranean, and, after assisting at the capture of the Spanish national vessel El Fuerte de Gibraltar, of 4 guns and 59 men, proceeded to the West Indies. After passing a few weeks off Lisbon in the Pomone 38, Captain William Grenville Lobb, he was again, in September 1805, placed under the orders of the Hon. D. P. Bouverie in L’Aimable 32. Following the same Captain, as Master’s Mate, in Feb. 1806, into the Medusa 32, he took part in that frigate in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata, from October 1806 until her return to England with Lieut.-General Whitelocke in September 1807, including the capture of Maldonado and the island of Gorriti.
Besides assisting at the capture of several privateers, we find him, in 1808, ordered to the coast of Labrador in fruitless pursuit, jointly with the Thalia 36, Captain Thomas Manby, of two French frigates, and experiencing in consequence three months of great privation and hardship. On his subsequent arrival at the Cape of Good Hope in the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robert Stopford, he was nominated, 5 April 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Racehorse 18, Captain James De Rippe, a circumstance which afforded him an opportunity, 20 May following, when in company off Madagascar with the 36-gun frigates Astraea, Phoebe, and Galatea, of assisting, after a long and warmly-contested action with the French 40-gun frigates Rénommée, Clorinde, and Néréide, at the capture of the Rénommée, and, on 25 of the same month, of the Néréide and the settlement of Tamatave. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the Racehorse 2 January 1812, but was superseded in November of the same year, never to go to sea again.
He is recorded in Allen’s Navy List of August 1852 as being on half-pay and in possession of a medal with one clasp: “T. G. Nicjols, Mid. of Medusa at the taking of Moldano and during the operations in the River Plate 1806-7. Actg.-Lt. of Racehorse in the frigate action off Madagascar 1811.”
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Off Tamatave 20 May 1811 (T. G. Nichols, Lieut. R.N.) nearly extremely fine
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Provenance: Stansfield Collection, Spink, June 1984, and March 1895. Colin Message Collection, August 1999.
Thomas George Nichols entered the Navy on 27 June 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Scourge gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Charles Rundle, lying in the river Medway, where he served until April 1802. In May 1804, he rejoined the same officer in the Trial cutter, off Woolwich; and in September of the same year he was transferred to the Mercury 28, Captain Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, under whom he escorted the outward-bound trade to the Mediterranean, and, after assisting at the capture of the Spanish national vessel El Fuerte de Gibraltar, of 4 guns and 59 men, proceeded to the West Indies. After passing a few weeks off Lisbon in the Pomone 38, Captain William Grenville Lobb, he was again, in September 1805, placed under the orders of the Hon. D. P. Bouverie in L’Aimable 32. Following the same Captain, as Master’s Mate, in Feb. 1806, into the Medusa 32, he took part in that frigate in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata, from October 1806 until her return to England with Lieut.-General Whitelocke in September 1807, including the capture of Maldonado and the island of Gorriti.
Besides assisting at the capture of several privateers, we find him, in 1808, ordered to the coast of Labrador in fruitless pursuit, jointly with the Thalia 36, Captain Thomas Manby, of two French frigates, and experiencing in consequence three months of great privation and hardship. On his subsequent arrival at the Cape of Good Hope in the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robert Stopford, he was nominated, 5 April 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Racehorse 18, Captain James De Rippe, a circumstance which afforded him an opportunity, 20 May following, when in company off Madagascar with the 36-gun frigates Astraea, Phoebe, and Galatea, of assisting, after a long and warmly-contested action with the French 40-gun frigates Rénommée, Clorinde, and Néréide, at the capture of the Rénommée, and, on 25 of the same month, of the Néréide and the settlement of Tamatave. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the Racehorse 2 January 1812, but was superseded in November of the same year, never to go to sea again.
He is recorded in Allen’s Navy List of August 1852 as being on half-pay and in possession of a medal with one clasp: “T. G. Nicjols, Mid. of Medusa at the taking of Moldano and during the operations in the River Plate 1806-7. Actg.-Lt. of Racehorse in the frigate action off Madagascar 1811.”
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