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NAVAL MEDALS — BOATS AND ACTIONS.


Date. BOAT ACTIONS. CAPTURED VESSELS.
1794
17 Mar. The boats of the following Ships of the fleet under Sir John Jervis : — Boyne, Vengeance, Assurance,. Irresistible, Asia, Veteran, Beaulieu, Blonde, Avenger, Vesuvius, Winchelsea, Woolwich, Ulysses, Zebra, Aurora, Dromedary, Rose, Rattlesnake, Roebuck, Santa Margaritta, Experiment, Seaflower, Tormentor, Quebec, Nautilus, Spiteful, Venom. Boarding and capturing the French frigate Bienvenue and other vessels in Fort Royal Bay.
1797
29 May Boats of Lively and Minerve, Lieutenant T. M. Hardy Cutting out Mutine.
1799
9 June Boats of Success, under Lieutenant Phil. Facey Capturing a Spanish polacca.
20 Dec. Boats of Queen Charlotte, Lieutenant Bainbridge Recapture of cutter taken, by two privateers.
1800
29 July Boats of Viper, Impétueux, Amethyst, Lieutenant J. Coghlan Cerbère captured.
29 Aug. Boats of Renown, Impétueux, London, Courageux, Amethyst, Stag, Amelia,. Brilliant, and Cynthia, Lieutenant Burke. Cutting out Guèpe, of 18 guns.
27 Oct. Boats of Phaeton, Lieutenant Beaufort Cutting out San Josef.
1801
21 July Boats of Doris, Beaulieu, Uranie, and Ville de Paris Cutting out Chevrette.
1803
27 June Boats of Loire, Lieutenant F. Temple Cutting out Venteux.
1804
4 Feb. Boats of Centaur, Lieutenant Carthew Reynolds Curieux.
1805
4 June Boats of Loire, under Lieutenant Yeo Capture of Confiance, Muros Bay.
1806
16 July Boats of Centaur, Conqueror, Revenge, Achilles, Prince of Wales, Polyphemus, Monarch, Iris, and Indefatigable, under Lieutenant Sibley. Cutting out Caesar.
1807
2 Jan. Boats of the Cerberus, Lieutenant Coote Capture of a privateer.
21 Jan. Boats of Galatea, under Lieutenant Coombe Capture of Lynx.
19 April Boats of Richmond, under Sub-Lieutenant G. Bush Capture of a privateer.
1808
13 Feb. Boats of Confiance, under Mr. Robert Trist French gun-boat.
10 July Boats of Porcupine, under Lieutenant G. Price Capture of an armed ship at Port d’Anzo.
11 Aug. Boats of Sir R. Keats’ squadron Capture of man-of-war brig and cutter at Nyborg.
28 Nov. Boats of Heureux, under Commander W. Coombe Batteries, and capture of schooner at Mahaut.
1809
7 July Boats of Implacable, Bellerephon, Melpomene, and Prometheus, under Lieutenant Joseph Hawkey. Capture and destruction of gun-boats and convoy, at Hango Head, Baltic.
14 July Boats of Scout, under Lieutenant R. Battersby Storming battery, near Marseilles.
25 July Boats of Fawn, under Lieutenant Morgan Action with cutter and schooner Guadeloupe, and capture.
25 July Boats of Princess Caroline, Minotaur, Cerberus, and Prometheus,' under the command of Captain Forrest. Capture of Russian gun-boats in Aspo Road.
27 July L’Aimable, Lord George Stewart. Mosquito, W. Goat. Briseis, R. Pettit. Ephira, G. E. Watts. Pincher, Lieutenant Samuel Burgess. Taking and destroying the Fort at Bremerlé, Cuxhaven.
29 July Boats of Excellent, Acorn, and Bustard, under Lieutenant J. Harper. Capture of six gun-boats.
28 Aug. Boats of Amphion, under Lieutenant Phillott and Lieutenant Slaughter. Destroy a battery, and capture six gun-boats and a convoy at Cortelazzo.
1 Nov.. Boats of Tigre, Cumberland, Volontaire, Apollo, Topaze, Philomel, Scout, and Tuscan, under Lieutenant Tailour. Capture of eleven armed vessels, in Bay of Rosas.
18 Dec. Thetis, Pultusk, Achates, Attentive, and Bacchus, under Captain W. Elliott. Cutting out the Nisus at Guadeloupe.