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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 141

Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, Martinique, Pompee 17 June 1809 (Thos. Mitchell.), light contact marks, very fine

Thomas Mitchell served as Landsman in H.M.S. Pompee as part of the combined naval and military assault and capture of the French-held island of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea, 24.2.1809; he served as the same rate and in the same vessel for the chase of three French ships of the line and the capture of one, the 74-gun d´Hautpoul, by H.M. Ships Pompee, Castor and the brig Recruit; engaging in a running fight which began off Vieux-Fort, Guadeloupe, 14.4.1809, and ended in sight of Cape Roxo, Puerto Rico, 17.4.1809, the d´Hautpoul was finally forced to strike her colours having suffered over 80 killed and wounded. The G.H. Roll gives Mitchell´s additional entitlement to ´Guadaloupe´, and the Douglas-Morris roll gives recipient as being ´Verified aboard not on roll´ in H.M.S. Pompee for the latter clasp. The original Admiralty Claimants´ List, however, gives Mitchell´s full entitlement as the medal appears.

Approximately 21 ´Pompee 17 June 1809´ clasps issued.

Provenance:
Glendining, May 1921 and September 1961

Sold for
£3,000