The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals (Part 2)

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Commander Chas. Vince, I. F. Coy’s Str. Yankeentown) very fine

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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Captain Charles Vince was appointed as the Company's first Marine Superintendent in 1886. He served in this capacity for four years until replaced by Captain Cooper in 1890. During the Military Expedition to upper Burma in November 1885 the YANKEETOWN, under the Command of Charles Vince, carried the Liverpool Regiment Telegraph Department and towed Flats No.40 and No.49.

The YANKEETOWN was a paddle steamer built in 1878 by Messrs William Denny of Glasgow. Her measurements were length 249 feet, beam 30 feet and draught 8.5 feet, of 608 gross tons. She was lost by fire in Rangoon in April 1891 and the hull was later used as a coal barge until 1904 when she foundered.