Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas

The Naval General Service medal awarded to Robert Dodd for his services as an Ordinary Seaman on board the Neptune at the battle of Trafalgar

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Robert Dodd.) minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £5,000-£7,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas.

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56 clasps for Trafalgar issued to H.M.S. Neptune.

In May 1805, under command of Captain Thomas Francis Fremantle, Neptune joined the British fleet off Cadiz; and in October shared in the glories of Trafalgar. She was the third ship in the weather column. She got into action about I.45 p.m., when she hauled up for the nearest of the enemy's ships, and passing immediately under the stern of the French Bucentaure, delivered her broadside into it with terrible effect. She then continued under the stern and along the starboard side of the Spanish Santisima Trinidad, and luffed up to leeward of the huge four-decker, which had already suffered badly, and which she fought until the Spaniard became wholly unmanageable.
The Neptune was afterwards somewhat severely handled by several ships of the combined van, which raked her after they bore up. She lost forty-four killed and wounded in the battle. Her masts and her standing and running rigging were all more or less damaged, and she had nine shots between wind and water. On the following day she took the Royal Sovereign in tow, but afterwards towed the Victory to Gibraltar (The Trafalgar Roll by R. H. Mackenzie refers).