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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, St. Domingo (Wm....
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, St. Domingo (Wm. Hy. Cooke, Midshipman.) minor edge bruises, otherwise dark toned, nearly extremely fine £2,600-£3,000
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Provenance: Christie’s, March 1988.
Confirmed on the rolls as Midshipman aboard the Superb for both actions.
William Henry Cooke entered the Navy on 1 May 1799, as Able Seaman,on board the Boadicea 38 Captain Richard Goodwin Keats, part of the force employed under Rear-Admiral Charles Morice Pole in an attack made on a Spanish squadron in Aix Roads, 2 July following. In March, 1801, he accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the Superb 74; and, continuing to serve with him in that ship until November 1808, took a warm part in the victory gained by Sir Jasmes Saumarez over the Franco-Spanish squadron near Cadiz, 12 July 1801; shared in Lord Nelson’s pursuit of the combined fleets to the West Indies in the summer of 1805; was present under Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the battle of St. Domingo, 6 February 1806; and attended the expedition against Copenhagen in September 1807. From November 1808, until October 1810, Mr. Cooke next officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Captains Joseph James and Benjamin Crispin, on the Baltic station. He then, for a few months, joined the San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Charles Cotton, where he became Acting-Lieutenant in February 1811 of the Repulse 74, Captains John Halliday and Richard Hussey Moubray, in which ship he was confirmed by the Admiralty, 12 October 1812. He returned home in her and was paid off in June 1814. He was placed on the reserved list in July 1851, and on the list of retired Commanders, 17 January 1855.
Commander Cooke has received a medal and clasps for the battles of 12 July 1801, and 6 February 1806 (O’Byrne’s Naval Biography 1861 refers).
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Provenance: Christie’s, March 1988.
Confirmed on the rolls as Midshipman aboard the Superb for both actions.
William Henry Cooke entered the Navy on 1 May 1799, as Able Seaman,on board the Boadicea 38 Captain Richard Goodwin Keats, part of the force employed under Rear-Admiral Charles Morice Pole in an attack made on a Spanish squadron in Aix Roads, 2 July following. In March, 1801, he accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the Superb 74; and, continuing to serve with him in that ship until November 1808, took a warm part in the victory gained by Sir Jasmes Saumarez over the Franco-Spanish squadron near Cadiz, 12 July 1801; shared in Lord Nelson’s pursuit of the combined fleets to the West Indies in the summer of 1805; was present under Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the battle of St. Domingo, 6 February 1806; and attended the expedition against Copenhagen in September 1807. From November 1808, until October 1810, Mr. Cooke next officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Captains Joseph James and Benjamin Crispin, on the Baltic station. He then, for a few months, joined the San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Charles Cotton, where he became Acting-Lieutenant in February 1811 of the Repulse 74, Captains John Halliday and Richard Hussey Moubray, in which ship he was confirmed by the Admiralty, 12 October 1812. He returned home in her and was paid off in June 1814. He was placed on the reserved list in July 1851, and on the list of retired Commanders, 17 January 1855.
Commander Cooke has received a medal and clasps for the battles of 12 July 1801, and 6 February 1806 (O’Byrne’s Naval Biography 1861 refers).
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, St. Domingo (Wm. Hy. Cooke, Midshipman.) minor edge bruises, otherwise dark toned, nearly extremely fine £2,600-£3,000
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Provenance: Christie’s, March 1988.
Confirmed on the rolls as Midshipman aboard the Superb for both actions.
William Henry Cooke entered the Navy on 1 May 1799, as Able Seaman,on board the Boadicea 38 Captain Richard Goodwin Keats, part of the force employed under Rear-Admiral Charles Morice Pole in an attack made on a Spanish squadron in Aix Roads, 2 July following. In March, 1801, he accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the Superb 74; and, continuing to serve with him in that ship until November 1808, took a warm part in the victory gained by Sir Jasmes Saumarez over the Franco-Spanish squadron near Cadiz, 12 July 1801; shared in Lord Nelson’s pursuit of the combined fleets to the West Indies in the summer of 1805; was present under Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the battle of St. Domingo, 6 February 1806; and attended the expedition against Copenhagen in September 1807. From November 1808, until October 1810, Mr. Cooke next officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Captains Joseph James and Benjamin Crispin, on the Baltic station. He then, for a few months, joined the San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Charles Cotton, where he became Acting-Lieutenant in February 1811 of the Repulse 74, Captains John Halliday and Richard Hussey Moubray, in which ship he was confirmed by the Admiralty, 12 October 1812. He returned home in her and was paid off in June 1814. He was placed on the reserved list in July 1851, and on the list of retired Commanders, 17 January 1855.
Commander Cooke has received a medal and clasps for the battles of 12 July 1801, and 6 February 1806 (O’Byrne’s Naval Biography 1861 refers).
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Provenance: Christie’s, March 1988.
Confirmed on the rolls as Midshipman aboard the Superb for both actions.
William Henry Cooke entered the Navy on 1 May 1799, as Able Seaman,on board the Boadicea 38 Captain Richard Goodwin Keats, part of the force employed under Rear-Admiral Charles Morice Pole in an attack made on a Spanish squadron in Aix Roads, 2 July following. In March, 1801, he accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the Superb 74; and, continuing to serve with him in that ship until November 1808, took a warm part in the victory gained by Sir Jasmes Saumarez over the Franco-Spanish squadron near Cadiz, 12 July 1801; shared in Lord Nelson’s pursuit of the combined fleets to the West Indies in the summer of 1805; was present under Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the battle of St. Domingo, 6 February 1806; and attended the expedition against Copenhagen in September 1807. From November 1808, until October 1810, Mr. Cooke next officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Captains Joseph James and Benjamin Crispin, on the Baltic station. He then, for a few months, joined the San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Charles Cotton, where he became Acting-Lieutenant in February 1811 of the Repulse 74, Captains John Halliday and Richard Hussey Moubray, in which ship he was confirmed by the Admiralty, 12 October 1812. He returned home in her and was paid off in June 1814. He was placed on the reserved list in July 1851, and on the list of retired Commanders, 17 January 1855.
Commander Cooke has received a medal and clasps for the battles of 12 July 1801, and 6 February 1806 (O’Byrne’s Naval Biography 1861 refers).
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