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Auction: 1025 - The Turl Collection of Naval General Service Medals 1793 - 1840
Lot: 44

A ´Northumberland 1812´ N.G.S. to Private G. Harp, Royal Marines, For the Destruction of Two French 40 Gun Frigates and a 16 Gun Brig, By H.M. Ships Northumberland and the 12 Gun Growler Off the Ile de Groix. After a Long Chase and Action, Which Included Engaging At Least Three Enemy Shore Batteries, the Three Frenchmen Were Driven Upon a Line of Rocks, and Although Under the Guns of a Shore Battery, Northumberland and Growler Went in Close and Pulverised the Enemy Ships With Broadside After Broadside at Virtually Point Blank Range; One Ship Blew Up and the Other Was Destroyed By Fire Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Northumberland 22 May 1812 (Geo. Harp.), lacquered, edge bruise, good very fine Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 George Harp served as Private, Royal Marines in H.M.S. Northumberland, which combined with H.M.S. Growler successfully destroyed the French ships Ariane, Andromaque and Mameluke off the Ile de Groix, Lorient, 22.5.1812. Provenance: Murray Collection Glendining October 1949 Spink July 2000

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