Auction Catalogue

2 December 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 137

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2 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£8,500

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 14 March 1795, St. Vincent (John Cameron) minor edge bruising and contact marks, good very fine £4000-5000

Ex McKenzie 1873; Cheylesmore, July 1930 (115/-).

Able Seaman John Cameron served aboard H.M.S. Captain in the action against the French fleet off Genoa, 14 March 1795, and in the same ship against the Spanish fleet in the battle of Cape St. Vincent, 14 February 1797. Nelson, present in both actions, was Commodore aboard the Captain in the latter battle and personally led one of the boarding parties that captured first the San Nicolas and then the San Josef.