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№ 1066

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£4,300

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Nile (Henry Davey) with silver buckle on ribbon, good very fine £3500-4000

Henry Davey served as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Majestic at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798.

In the battle, the 74 gun
Majestic engaged the 80 gun Tonnant. Heavily damaged in the action, the ship had three officers and 47 men killed and three officers and 140 men wounded. Amongst the dead was her Captain, George Blagden Westcott.