List of clasps to the Naval General Service Medal (1847)
The Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) was a campaign medal approved in 1847, for issue to officers and men of the Royal Navy.
The Admiralty retroactively awarded the Naval General Service Medal for various naval actions that occurred during the period 1793–1840, a period that included the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Anglo–American War of 1812. When the Admiralty issued a medal, it bore one or more clasps on the ribbon, representing the specific battles or actions in which the recipient served. In all, the Admiralty authorised 231 clasps, though in ten cases all potential claimants had died prior to the authorisation of the medal, with the result that those clasps were never issued.[1] The clasps covered a variety of actions, from boat service to single-ship actions, to larger naval engagements, including major fleet actions such as the Battle of Trafalgar.
In all, 20,933 medals were awarded, 15,577 with a single clasp.[1][2]
Some discrepancies between the dates of the medals and actual actions are due to the Royal Navy's practice of dating, in which the day officially began at noon. Until 11 October 1805 (when the Admiralty ordered that "the calendar or civil day is to be made use of, beginning at midnight") ships' logs were kept in nautical time and written up at midday, so that a day's entry consisted of the proceedings for the afternoon of the day before and morning of that day.[3] So, for example, an action that took place on the morning of 10 April, would be logged as occurring on 9 April.
The following is a list of all 231 clasps for this medal.[4]
Clasps
[edit]French Revolutionary Wars (1793–1802)
[edit]| Clasp | Date of action | Action | Clasps issued |
Conflict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nymphe 18 June 1793 | 1793, 19 June | Capture of the French frigate Cleopatre. | 4 | War of the First Coalition |
| Crescent 20 Octr. 1793 | 1793, 20 October | Capture of the French frigate Reunion. | 12 | War of the First Coalition |
| Zebra 17 March 1794 | 1794, 20 March | The storming and capture of the bastion of Fort Royal, Martinique. | 2 | War of the First Coalition |
| Carysfort 29 May 1794 | 1794, 28 May | The recapture of HMS Castor. | 0 | War of the First Coalition |
| 1 June 1794 | 1794, 1 June | Action against a French fleet in the battle of the Glorious First of June. | 540 | War of the First Coalition |
| Romney 17 June 1794 | 1794, 17 June | Capture of the Sibylle. | 2 | War of the First Coalition |
| Blanche 4 Jany. 1795 | 1795, 5 January | Capture of the French frigate Pique. | 5 | War of the First Coalition |
| Lively, 13 March 1795 | 1795, 13 March | Capture of the French corvette Tourterelle north of Ushant. | 3 | War of the First Coalition |
| 14 March 1795 | 1795, 14 March | Action against a French fleet in the Battle of Genoa. | 95 | War of the First Coalition |
| Astraea 10 April 1795 | 1795, 10 April | Capture of the French frigate Gloire. | 2 | War of the First Coalition |
| Thetis 17 May 1795 | 1795, 16 May | Action against four French ships; and the capture of the Raison and Prévoyante off Cape Henry, Virginia. | 2 | War of the First Coalition |
| Hussar 17 May 1795 | 1795, 16 May | 1 | ||
| Mosquito 9 June 1795 | 1795, 24 May | Capture of the French privateer National Razor off Cuba. | 0 | War of the First Coalition |
| 17 June 1795 | 1795, 17 June | "Cornwallis's Retreat", or the First Battle of Groix. | 41 | War of the First Coalition |
| 23rd June 1795 | 1795, 23 June | Action against a French fleet at the Battle of Groix. | 177 | War of the First Coalition |
| Dido 24 June 1795 | 1795, 24 June | Action against the French frigates Minerve and Artémise, and the capture of Minerve | 1 | War of the First Coalition |
| Lowestoffe 24 June 1795 | 1795, 24 June | 6 | ||
| Spider 25 Augt. 1795 | 1795, 25 August | Engagement with the French brigs Suffisante and Victorieuse and capture of one of them. | 1 | War of the First Coalition |
| Port Spergui | 1796, 17 March | Destroying the batteries at Port Spergui, the corvette Etourdie, four brigs, two sloops, and a lugger. | 4 | War of the First Coalition |
| Indefatigable 20 Apl. 1796 | 1796, 21 April | Capture of the Virginie. | 6 | War of the First Coalition |
| Unicorn 8 June 1796 | 1796, 8 June | Action against three French frigates; Tribune, Tamise, and Légėre, and capture of the two former. | 4 | War of the First Coalition |
| Sta. Margaritta 8 June 1796 | 1796, 8 June | 3 | ||
| Southampton 9 June 1796 | 1796, 9 June | Capture of the French corvette Utile. | 4 | War of the First Coalition |
| Dryad 13 June 1796 | 1796, 13 June | Capture of the French frigate Proserpine. | 5 | War of the First Coalition |
| Terpsichore 13 Octr. 1796 | 1796, 13 October | Capture of the Spanish frigate Mahonesa. | 3 | Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) |
| Lapwing 3 Decr. 1796 | 1796, 27 November | Capture of the French corvette Décius, and destruction of the French brig Vaillante | 2 | War of the First Coalition |
| Minerve 19 Decr. 1796 | 1796, 19 December | Capture of the Spanish frigate Santa Sabina. | 4 | War of the First Coalition |
| Blanche 19 Dec. 1796 | 1796, 19 December | 2 | ||
| Indefatigable 13 Jany. 1797 | 1797, 13 January | Destruction of the French ship Droits de l'Homme. | 8 | Expédition d'Irlande |
| Amazon 13 Jany. 1797 | 1797, 13 January | 6 | ||
| St Vincent | 1797, 14 February | Action against a Spanish fleet at the Battle of Cape St Vincent. | 348 | Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) |
| San Fiorenzo 8 March 1797 | 1797, 9 March | Capture of the Résistance and the corvette Constance. | 8 | Battle of Fishguard |
| Nymphe 8 March 1797 | 1797, 9 March | 4 | ||
| Camperdown | 1797, 11 October | Action against a Dutch fleet in the Battle of Camperdown. | 298 | War of the First Coalition |
| Phoebe 21 Decr. 1797 | 1797, 21 December | Capture of the Néréide. | 5 | War of the First Coalition |
| Mars 21 April 1798 | 1798, 21 April | Capture of the Hercule. | 26 | War of the First Coalition |
| Isle St. Marcou | 1798, 7 May | Defence of a British garrison against a French attack at the Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf. | 3 | War of the First Coalition |
| Lion 15 July 1798 | 1798, 15 July | Action against four Spanish frigates, and the capture of the Santa Dorotea. | 23 | Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) |
| Nile | 1798, 1 August | Action against a French fleet at the Battle of the Nile. | 326 | Mediterranean campaign of 1798 |
| Espoir 7 Augt. 1798 | 1798, 6 August | Capture of the Genoese pirate Liguria. | 1 | Mediterranean campaign of 1798 |
| 12 October 1798 | 1798, 12 October | Action against a French squadron in the Battle of Tory Island, and the capture of the 74 Hoche, and two frigates. | 74 | Irish Rebellion of 1798 |
| Fisgard 20 Octr. 1798 | 1798, 20 October | Capture of the Immortalité. | 9 | Battle of Tory Island |
| Sibylle 28 Feby. 1799 | 1799, 1 March | Capture of the Forte. | 12 | French Revolutionary Wars |
| Telegraph 18 March 1799 | 1799, 18 March | Capture of the French privateer Hirondelle. | 0 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Acre | 1799, 20 May | The defence of Acre; and other services during the siege. | 41 | French Campaign in Egypt and Syria |
| Schiermonnikoog 12 Augt. 1799 | 1799, 11/13 August | Attack on Schiermonnikoog, and the recapture of the brig HMS Crash. | 9 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Arrow 13 Sept. 1799 | 1799, 13 September | Capture of the Dutch ship Draak and the brig Gier. | 2 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Wolverine 13 Sept. 1799 | 1799, 13 September | 0 | ||
| Surprise with Hermione | 1799, 25 October | The boarding and recapture of HMS Hermione. | 7 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Speedy 6 Novr. 1799 | 1799, 6 November | Action against ten Spanish gun-boats and two schooners, and the successful defence of a convoy. | 3 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Courier 22 Novr. 1799 | 1799, 23 November | Capture of the French privateer cutter Guerrier. | 3 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Viper 26 Decr. 1799 | 1799, 26 December | Capture of the French privateer-brig Furet. | 1 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Harpy 5 Feb. 1800 | 1800, 5 February | Capture of the French frigate Pallas. | 3 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Fairy 5 Feby. 1800 | 1800, 5 February | 3 | ||
| Loire 5 Feby 1800 | 1800, 5 February | 1 | ||
| Peterel 21 March 1800 | 1800, 21 March | Capture of the Ligurienne. | 2 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Penelope 30 March 1800 | 1800, 30 March | Capture of the French ship Guillaume Tell. | 11 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Vinciego 30 March 1800 | 1800, 30 March | 2 | ||
| Capture of the Désirée | 1800, 8 July | The capture of the Désirée, and other vessels. | 21 | Raid on Dunkirk (1800) |
| Seine 20 Augt. 1800 | 1800, 20 August | Capture of the Vengeance. | 7 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Phoebe 19 Feby. 1801 | 1801, 19 February | Capture of the Africaine. | 6 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Egypt | 1801, 8 March to 2 September | Battle of Abukir (1801), Battle of Alexandria (1801), & Siege of Alexandria (1801); see also: French campaign in Egypt and Syria | 618 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Copenhagen 1801 | 1801, 2 April | Action against a Danish-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen. | 555 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Speedy 6 May 1801 | 1801, 6 May | Capture of the Spanish xebec-frigate Gamo. | 7 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801 | 1801, 12 July | Action against French and Spanish squadrons in the Battle of Algeciras Bay, and the destruction of two Spanish ships, and capture of St. Antonio. | 142 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Sylph 28 Septr. 1801 | 1801, 28 September | Action against the Artémise. | 2 | War of the Second Coalition |
| Pasley 28 Octr. 1801 | 1801, 28 October | Capture of the Spanish polacca-privateer Virgine de Rosario. | 4 | War of the Third Coalition |
Napoleonic Wars (1803–15)
[edit]| Clasp | Date of action | Action | Clasps issued |
Conflict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorpion 31 March 1804 | 1804, 31 March | Capture of Dutch vessels in Vlie Roads. | 4 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Beaver 31 March 1804 | 1804, 31 March | 0 | ||
| Centurion 18 Sept. 1804 | 1804, 18 September | Action against the French ship Marengo, and frigates Atalante and Semillante in the Battle of Vizagapatam. | 9 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Arrow 3 Feby. 1805 | 1805, 4 February | Protecting a convoy of British merchant ships when attacked by the French frigates Hortense and Incorruptible. | 8 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Acheron 3 Feby. 1805 | 1805, 4 February | 1 | ||
| San Fiorenzo 14 Feby. 1805 | 1805, 13 February | Capture of the Psyché. | 12 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Phoenix 10 Augt. 1805 | 1805, 10 August | Capture of the French frigate Didon. | 25 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Trafalgar | 1805, 21 October | Defeat of a Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. | 1710 | Trafalgar Campaign |
| 4 Novr. 1805 | 1805, 4 November | Capture of four French ships-of-the-line in the Battle of Cape Ortegal. | 296 | Trafalgar Campaign |
| St. Domingo | 1806, 6 February | Action against a French squadron in the Battle of San Domingo. | 396 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Amazon 13 March 1806 | 1806, 13 March | Capture of the French ships Marengo and Belle Poule. | 29 | Linois's expedition to the Indian Ocean |
| London 13 March 1806 | 1806, 13 March | 27 | ||
| Pique 26 March 1806 | 1806, 26 March | Capture of the French brigs Phaeton and Voltigeur. | 8 | West Indies Campaign 1804–1810 |
| Sirius 17 April 1806 | 1806, 17 April | Action against a French flotilla off Civitavecchia, and the capture of the French ship Bergère. | 10 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Blanche 19 July 1806 | 1806, 19 July | Capture of the French frigate Guerrière. | 22 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Arethusa 23 Augt. 1806 | 1806, 23 August | Capture of the Spanish frigate Pomone. | 6 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Anson 23 Augt. 1806 | 1806, 23 August | 6 | ||
| Curacoa 1 Jany. 1807 | 1807, 1 January | Capture of Curaçao. | 65 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Pickle 3 Jany. 1807 | 1807, 3 January | Capture of the French privateer-cutter Favorite. | 2 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Hydra 6 Augt. 1807 | 1807, 7 August | Attack on batteries at Begur, and the capture of the vessels Eugene and Caroline. | 11 | Peninsular War |
| Comus 15 Augt. 1807 | 1807, 15 August | Capture of the Danish frigate Frederiksværn. | 10 | English Wars |
| Louisa 28 Octr. 1807 | 1807, 29 October | Action against the French privateer Marsouin. | 1 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Carrier 4 Novr. 1807 | 1807, 14 November | Capture of the French privateer-cutter Actif. | 1 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Ann 24 Novr. 1807 | 1807, 24 November | Capture of the Spanish privateer-lugger Vensejo, and the action against ten gunboats, and the surrender of two. | 0 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Sappho 2 March 1808 | 1808, 2 March | Capture of Danish brig Admiral Yawl. | 4 | Napoleonic Wars |
| San Fiorenzo 8 March 1808 | 1808, 8 March | Capture of the Piémontaise. | 16 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Emerald 13 March 1808 | 1808, 13 March | The destruction of batteries and vessels of war at Viveiro. | 10 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Childers 14 March 1808 | 1808, 14 March | Action against the Danish brig Lougen. | 4 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Nassau 22 March 1808 | 1808, 22 March | Destruction of the Danish ship-of-the-line Prins Christian Frederik in the Battle of Zealand Point. | 31 | Gunboat War |
| Stately 22 March 1808 | 1808, 22 March | 31 | ||
| Off Rota 4 April 1808 | 1808, 4 April | Action against Spanish gun-boats and convoy, and the destruction of several vessels. | 19 | Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) |
| Grasshopper 24 April 1808 | 1808, 24 April | Action and destruction of Spanish armed vessels and gun-boats at Faro. | 7 | Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) |
| Rapid 24 April 1808 | 1808, 24 April | 1 | ||
| Redwing 7 May 1808 | 1808, 7 May | Action against a Spanish convoy of seven gun-boats and armed vessels, and 12 merchant ships. | 7 | Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) |
| Virginie 19 May 1808 | 1808, 19 May | Capture of the Dutch frigate Guelderland off Cape Finisterre. | 21 | Gunboat War |
| Redwing 31 May 1808 | 1808, 1 June | A battery and a mistico destroyed, and two feluccas taken at Tarifa. | 5 | Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) |
| Seahorse Wh. Badere Zaffere | 1808, 5/6 July | Capture of the Turkish frigate Badere Zaffere. | 32 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Comet 11 Augt. 1808 | 1808, 11 August | Action against three French brigs, and the capture of one, Sylph, off Ushant. | 3 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Centaur 26 Augt. 1808 | 1808, 26 August | Action against a Russian fleet, and the capture of the 74-gun ship Vsevolod. | 41 | Anglo-Russian War (1807-1812) |
| Implacable 26 Augt. 1808 | 1808, 26 August | 41 | ||
| Cruizer 1 Novr. 1808 | 1808, 1 November | Action against a Danish flotilla off Gothenburg, and capture of a brig of war. | 4 | Gunboat War |
| Amethyst Wh. Thétis. | 1808, 10 November | Capture of the French frigate Thétis. | 31 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Off the Pearl Rock 13 Decr. 1808 | 1808, 12/13 December | Action against batteries, and capture of a corvette off the Pearl Rock, Guadeloupe. | 14 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Onyx 1 Jany. 1809 | 1809, 1 January | Capture of Dutch corvette Manly in the North Sea. | 5 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Confiance 14 Jany. 1809 | 1809, 14 January | Capture of Cayenne. | 8 | West Indies Campaign 1804–1810 |
| Martinique | 1809, 24 February | Capture of Martinique. | 486 | West Indies Campaign 1804–1810 |
| Horatio 10 Feby. 1809 | 1809, 10 February | Capture of the French frigate Junon. | 13 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Superieure 10 Feby. 1809 | 1809, 10 February | 1 | ||
| Amethyst 5 April 1809 | 1809, 5 April | Capture of the French frigate Niémen. | 26 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Basque Roads 1809 | 1809, 11/12 April | Destruction of French ships in the Battle of the Basque Roads. | 529 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Recruit 17 June 1809 | 1809, 17 April | Capture of the D'Hautpoul. | 5 | Troude's expedition to the Caribbean |
| Pompee 17 June 1809 | 1809, 17 April | 21 | ||
| Castor 17 June 1809 | 1809, 17 April | 5 | ||
| Cyane 25 and 27 June 1809 | 1809, 26/27 June 1809 | Action against the French frigate Cérès, and the capture of eighteen gun-boats, and the destruction of four. | 5 | Napoleonic Wars |
| L'Espoir 25–27 June 1809 | 1809, 26/27 June 1809 | 5 | ||
| Bonne Citoyenne Wh. Furieuse | 1809, 6 July | Capture of the French frigate Furieuse. | 12 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Diana 11 Sept. 1809 | 1809, 11 September | Capture of the Dutch brig Zephyr off Sulawesi. | 5 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Anse la Barque 18 Decr. 1809 | 1809, 18 December | The storming of the batteries at Anse à la Barque, Guadeloupe, and the capture of the French frigates Loire and Seine. | 40 | Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean |
| Cherokee 10 Jany. 1810 | 1810, 11 January | Capture of the French privateer-lugger Aimable Nelly off Dieppe. | 4 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Scorpion 12 Jany. 1810 | 1810, 12 January | Capture of the Oreste. | 5 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Guadaloupe | 1810, 4 February | Capture of Guadaloupe | 483 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Thistle 10 Feby. 1810 | 1810, 10 February | Capture of the Dutch corvette Havik. | 0 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Surly 24 April 1810 | 1810, 20 April | Cutting out of the French privateer cutter Alcide from the Pirou River, Normandy. | 1 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Firm 24 April 1810 | 1810, 20 April | 1 | ||
| Sylvia 26 April 1810 | 1810, 26 April | Capture of the Dutch brig Echo in the Sunda Strait. | 1 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Spartan 3 May 1810 | 1810, 3 May | Action against the French frigate Cérès and consorts; and the capture of the brig Sparvière, in the bay of Naples. | 30 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Royalist May and June 1810 | 1810, 23 February | Capture of six armed vessels. | 3 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Amanthea 25 July 1810 | 1810, 25 July | Action against gun-boats; and the capture and destruction of a number of transports at Amantea, Southern Italy. | 23 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Banda Neira | 1810, 9 August | Capture of the Banda Islands. | 68 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Staunch 18 Sept. 1810 | 1810, 18 September | Action against a French squadron and the capture of the Vénus and the re-capture of HMS Ceylon. | 2 | Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 |
| Otter 18 Sept. 1810 | 1810, 18 September | 8 | ||
| Boadicea 18 Sept. 1810 | 1810, 18 September | 15 | ||
| Briseis 14 Octr. 1810 | 1810, 14 October | Capture of the French privateer Sans-Souci in the North Sea. | 2 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Lissa | 1811, 13 March | Action against French and Venetian vessels in the Battle of Lissa. | 124 | Adriatic campaign of 1807-1814 |
| Anholt 27 March 1811 | 1811, 27 March | Defence against a Danish attack by a British garrison at Anholt Island. | 40 | Gunboat War |
| Arrow 6 April 1811 | 1811, 6 April | Action against chasse-marées and batteries. | 0 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Off Tamatave 20 May 1811 | 1811, 20 May | Action against French frigates, and the capture of Renommée and Néréide. | 79 | Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 |
| Hawke 18 Augt. 1811 | 1811, 18 August | Capture of the 16-gun brig Heron and a convoy off Îles Saint-Marcouf. | 6 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Java | 1811, July/18 September | Capture of Java. | 665 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Skylark 11 Novr. 1811 | 1811, 10 November | Action against the Boulogne flotilla, and the capture of a gun-brig. | 4 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Locust 11 Novr. 1811 | 1811, 10 November | 2 | ||
| Pelagosa 29 Novr. 1811 | 1811, 29 November | Capture of two French frigates. | 64 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Victorious Wh. Rivoli | 1812, 22 February | Capture of the French ship Rivoli | 67 | Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814 |
| Weasel 22 Feby. 1812 | 1812, 22 February | 6 | ||
| Rosario 27 March 1812 | 1812, 27 April | Capture of two brigs of war. | 7 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Griffon 27 March 1812 | 1812, 27 April | 3 | ||
| Northumberland 22 May 1812 | 1812, 22 May | Destruction of two French frigates and a brig off Groix. | 63 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Growler 22 May 1812 | 1812, 22 May | 1 | ||
| Malaga 29 May 1812 | 1812, 22 April | Capture of the French privateers Brave and Napoleon at Malaga. | 17 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Off Mardoe 6 July 1812 | 1812, 6 July | Destruction of two Danish frigates and two brigs at the Battle of Lyngør. | 47 | Gunboat War |
| Sealark 21 July 1812 | 1812, 21 July | Capture of the French privater-lugger Ville de Caen in the English Channel. | 4 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Royalist 29 Decr. 1812 | 1812, 29 December | Capture of the French privateer La Ruse. | 3 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Weasel 22 April 1813 | 1813, 22 April | Destruction of six gun-boats. | 5 | Napoleonic Wars |
| St. Sebastian | 1813, 8 September | Siege of San Sebastián. | 293 | Peninsular War |
| Thunder 9 Octr. 1813 | 1813, 9 October | Capture of the French privateer-lugger Neptune in the English Channel. | 7 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Glückstadt 5 Jany. 1814 | 1814, 5 January | Capture of the fortress of Glückstadt. | 42 | War of the Sixth Coalition |
| Venerable 16 Jany. 1814 | 1814, 16/20 January | Capture of the French frigates Alcmène and Iphigénie off the Canary Isles. | 42 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Cyane 16 Jany. 1814 | 1814, 16/20 January | 7 | ||
| Eurotas 25 Feby. 1814 | 1814, 25 February | Capture of the Clorinde. | 32 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Hebrus Wh. L'Etoile | 1814, 27 March | Capture of the Étoile. | 40 | Napoleonic Wars |
| Gaieta 24 July 1815 | 1815, 8 August | Attack and reduction of Gaeta, Italy. | 88 | Neapolitan War |
War of 1812 (1812–15)
[edit]| Clasp | Date of action | Action | Clasps issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Wh. Chesapeake | 1813, 1 June | Capture of the American frigate Chesapeake off Boston. | 42 |
| Pelican 14 Augt. 1813 | 1813, 14 August | Capture of the American brig Argus in the Irish Sea. | 4 |
| Phoebe 28 March 1814 | 1814, 18 March | Capture of American frigate Essex and the sloop Essex Junior off Valparaíso. | 31 |
| Cherub 28 March 1814 | 1814, 28 March | 7 | |
| The Potomac 17 Augt. 1814 | 1814, 29 August | Capture of Alexandria, Virginia, and destruction of shipping on the Potomac River. | 108 |
| Endymion Wh. President | 1815, 15 January | Capture of USS President off New York Harbor. | 58 |
Later wars (1816, 1827, & 1840)
[edit]| Clasp | Date of action | Action | Clasps issued |
Conflict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algiers | 1816, 27 August | Anglo-Dutch bombardment of Algiers. | 1328 | Barbary Slave Trade |
| Navarino | 1827, 20 October | Joint British, French, and Russian action against a Turkish fleet at the Battle of Navarino. | 1142 | Greek War of Independence |
| Syria | 1840, 4 November | Capture of Acre by Austrian, British and Turkish forces, and operations connected with it on the coast of Syria. | 6978 | Syrian War |
Boat service clasps
[edit]The boat service clasps commemorate a number of actions performed by boats' crews in cutting out, and in some instances actually recovering, British vessels lost to the enemy, or capturing enemy vessels.[5] These clasps were approved for those occasions where an officer or senior rating received promotion as a direct consequence.[6]
French Revolutionary Wars (1793–1802)
[edit]| Clasp | Date of action | Clasps issued | Awarded to | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Mar. Boat Service 1793 | 1793, 15 March | 1 | Syren | Attack on fortifications at Willemstadt. |
| 17 Mar. Boat Service 1794 | 1794, 17 March | 29 | Asia • Assurance • Aurora • Avenger • Beaulieu • Blonde • Boyne • Dromedary • Experiment • Irresistible • Nautilus • Quebec • Rattlesnake • Roebuck • Rose • Santa Margarita • Seaflower • Spiteful • Tormentor • Ulysses • Vengeance • Venom • Vesuvius • Veteran • Winchelsea • Woolwich • Zebra | Boarding and capturing the French frigate Bienvenue, and other vessels in Fort Royal Bay. |
| 29 May Boat Service 1797 | 1797, 29 May | 3 | Lively • Minerve | Cutting out of Mutine. |
| 9 June Boat Service 1799 | 1799, 9 June | 4 | Success | Capture of a Spanish polacre. |
| 20 Dec. Boat Service 1799 | 1799, 21 December | 3 | Queen Charlotte | Recapture of the cutter Lady Nelson, which had been taken by two privateers. |
| 29 July Boat Service 1800 | 1800, 29 July | 4 | Amethyst • Impetueux • Viper | Capture of the gun-brig Cerbère from the harbour at Port-Louis, Morbihan. |
| 29 Aug. Boat Service 1800 | 1800, 29 August | 26 | Amelia • Amethyst • Brilliant • Courageux • Cynthia • Impetueux • London • Renown • Stag | Cutting out of the French privateer Guêpe in Vigo Bay. |
| 27 Oct. Boat Service 1800 | 1800, 27 October | 5 | Phaeton | Cutting out of the Spanish polacre San Josef at Fuengirola. |
| 21 July Boat Service 1801 | 1801, 21 July | 9 | Beaulieu • Doris • Uranie • Ville de Paris | Cutting out of the French naval corvette Chevrette in Camaret Bay.[7] |
Napoleonic Wars (1803–15)
[edit]| Clasp | Date of action | Clasps issued | Awarded to | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June Boat Service 1803 | 1803, 27 June | 5 | Loire | Cutting out of the French brig Venteux. |
| 4 Nov. Boat Service 1803 | 1803, 4 November | 1 | Blanche | Cutting out of a French schooner at Santo Domingo. |
| 4 Feb. Boat Service 1804 | 1804, 4 February | 10 | Centaur | Cutting out of Curieux at Fort Royal. |
| 4 June Boat Service 1805 | 1805, 4 June | 10 | Loire | Capture of the French privateer Confiance in Muros Bay, Spain. |
| 16 July Boat Service 1806 | 1806, 16 July | 51 | Achille • Centaur • Indefatigable • Iris • Monarch • Polyphemus • Prince of Wales • Revenge | Cutting out of the French 16-gun brig-corvette César from the Gironde estuary. |
| 2 Jan. Boat Service 1807 | 1807, 2 January | 2 | Cerberus | Capture of a French schooner and sloop at Martinique. |
| 21 Jan. Boat Service 1807 | 1807, 21 January | 9 | Galatea | Capture of Lynx off the coast of Venezuela. |
| 19 Apl. Boat Service 1807 | 1807, 19 April | 1 | Richmond | Capture of the Spanish privateer lugger Galliard north of Peniche.[8] |
| 13 Feb. Boat Service 1808 | 1808, 13 February | 3 | Confiance | Capture of a French gun-boat off the Tagus.[9] |
| 10 July Boat Service 1808 | 1808, 10 July | 8 | Porcupine | Capture of a large 6-gun polacre at Port d'Anzo. |
| 11 Aug. Boat Service 1808 | 1808, 11 August | 12 | Edgar | Capture of Danish 16-gun brig-sloop Fama and 12-gun cutter Salorman at Nyborg, Denmark. |
| 28 Nov. Boat Service 1808 | 1808, 28 November | 2 | Heureux | Attack on shore batteries, and the capture of schooner and a brig at Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe. |
| 7 July Boat Service 1809 | 1809, 7 July | 33 | Bellerophon • Implacable • Melpomene • Prometheus | Capture and destruction of 7 Russian gun-boats and 12 storeships at Hango Head, Baltic Sea. |
| 14 July Boat Service 1809 | 1809, 14 July | 8 | Scout | Storming of a battery at Carry-le-Rouet, west of Marseille. |
| 25 July Boat Service 1809 | 1809, 25 July | 35 | Fawn | Action with a cutter and the capture of the schooner Guadaloupe. |
| 25 July Boat Service 1809 | 1809, 25 July | 35 | Cerberus • Minotaur • Princess Carolina • Prometheus | Attack on four Russian gunboats and a brig off Aspö Head, near Fredrikshamn, Finland. |
| 27 July Boat Service 1809 | 1809, 27 July | 10 | Briseis • Ephira • Aimable • Musquito • Pincher | Taking and destroying a battery at Cuxhaven. |
| 29 July Boat Service 1809 | 1809, 29 July | 11 | Acorn • Bustard • Excellent | Capture of six Italian gun-boats and ten trabaccolos at Duino, Trieste. |
| 28 Aug. Boat Service 1809 | 1809, 28 August | 14 | Amphion | Destruction of a shore battery and five trabaccolos, and the capture of two large and four smaller gun-boats and two trabaccolos at Cortelazzo, west of Venice. |
| 1 Nov. Boat Service 1809 | 1809, 1 November | 117 | Apollo • Cumberland • Philomel • Scout • Tigre • Topaze • Tuscan • Volontaire | Attack on a French convoy in the Bay of Rosas and capture of eleven vessels. |
| 13 Dec. Boat Service 1809 | 1809, 13 December | 10 | Achates • Attentive • Bacchus • Pultusk • Thetis | Cutting out of the French 16-gun brig Nisus at Deshaies, Guadaloupe. |
| 13 Feb. Boat Service 1810 | 1810, 13 February | 17 | Armide • Christian VII • Seine | Attack on French gun-boats, with several destroyed and one captured, at the Basque Roads. |
| 1 May Boat Service 1810 | 1810, 1 May | 18 | Nereide | Storming of two batteries and capture of the French schooner Estafette at Jacolet, Mauritius. |
| 28 June Boat Service 1810 | 1810, 28 June | 24 | Amphion • Active • Cerberus | Attack on convoy of twenty-five vessels at Grao, five ships captured, the rest destroyed. |
| 27 Sept. Boat Service 1810 | 1810, 27 September | 34 | Armide • Caledonia • Valiant | Destruction of a battery and a brig, and the capture of two brigs at Pointe de Che, Basque Roads.[10] |
| 4 Nov. Boat Service 1810 | 1810, 4 November | 2 | Blossom | Capture of the French lateen xebec privateer Caesar off Cape Sicié, west of Toulon.[11] |
| 23 Nov. Boat Service 1810 | 1810, 23 November | 66 | Devastation • Thunder • Aetna • with a number of mortar vessels, and boats of the Cadiz Fleet | Attack and destruction of French shipping at Port St. Mary, Bay of Cádiz.[12] |
| 24 Dec. Boat Service 1810 | 1810, 24 December | 6 | Diana | Destruction of the French 40-gun frigate L'Elize at La Hogue.[13] |
| 4 May Boat Service 1811 | 1811, 4 May | 10 | Alceste • Belle Poule | Destruction of French 14-gun brig at Parenza.[14] |
| 30 July Boat Service 1811 | 1811, 30 July | 4 | Minden | Storming of Fort Marrack, west of Batavia, Java. |
| 2 Aug. Boat Service 1811 | 1811, 2 August | 10 | Alert • Exertion • Princess Augusta • Quebec • Raven • Redbreast | Capture of four Danish gun-brigs in the River Jahde. |
| 20 Sept. Boat Service 1811 | 1811, 20 September | 8 | Victory | Capture of Danish gun-boats. |
| 4 Dec. Boat Service 1811 | 1811, 4 December | 18 | Sultan | Capture of a French settee, and the brig Le Languedocienne off Bastia. |
| 4 Apl. Boat Service 1812 | 1812, 4 April | 4 | Maidstone | Capture of the French privateer xebec Martinet in the Mediterranean. |
| 1 Sept. Boat Service 1812 | 1812, 1 September | 24 | Bacchante • Weazel | Capture of two merchant vessels off Rovigno, and a number of others, including the French xebec Tisiphone, and two gun-boats. |
| 17 Sept. Boat Service 1812 | 1812, 17 September | 11 | Eagle | Capture of 17 gun-boats, and destruction of six, at Cape Maestro, Ancona. |
| 29 Sept. Boat Service 1812 | 1812, 29 September | 26 | Aboukir • Ranger • and gun-boats | Attack on Mittau, Riga, and capture of officers and men of the enemy. |
| 6 Jany. Boat Service 1813 | 1813, 6 January | 21 | Bacchante | Capture of five gun-brigs off Otranto. |
| 21 Mar. Boat Service 1813 | 1813, 21 March | 6 | Blazer • Brev Drageren | Capture of the Danish gun-boats Jonge-Troutman and Liebe off Brunsbüttel. |
| 2 May Boat Service 1813 | 1813, 2 May | 49 | Redwing • Repulse • Undaunted • Volontaire | Battery destroyed, and six vessels captured at Morgion. |
| 24 May Boat Service 1814 | 1814, 24 May | 11 | Elizabeth | Capture of the L'Aigle off Corfu. |
War of 1812 (1812–15)
[edit]| Clasp | Date of action | Clasps issued | Awarded to | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apl. Boat Service 1813 | 1813, 28 April | 2[15] | Orpheus | Destruction of the American "letter of marque" Wampoe off Block Island. |
| Apl. & May Boat Service 1813 | 1813, April & May | 57[16] | Dolphin • Dragon • Fantome • Highflyer • Maidstone • Marlborough • Mohawk • Racer • Statira | Attacks on Frenchtown and Havre de Grace, Maryland, and destruction of the fort and cannon foundry. |
| 8 Apl. Boat Service 1814 | 1814, 8 April | 24[17] | Boxer • Endymion • Hogue • Maidstone | Destruction of twenty-seven American vessels, including three privateers, at Pettipague Point, about 15 miles up Connecticut River. |
| 3 & 6 Sept. Boat Service 1814 | 1814, 3 & 6 September | 1[18] | Capture of the USS Tigress and USS Scorpion in the Nottawasaga River, Lake Huron. | |
| 14 Dec. Boat Service 1814 | 1814, 14 December | 205[18] | Alceste • Armide • Bedford • Belle Poule • Cydnus • Diomede • Gorgon • Meteor • Norge • Ramillies • Royal Oak • Seahorse • Sophie • Tonnant • Trave | Capture of five U.S. gun-boats and a sloop in the Battle of Lake Borgne. |
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Hayward, Birch & Bishop 2006, p. 46.
- ^ Douglas-Morris (1982), p. L.
- ^ Hinks, Arthur R. (2002). "Nautical time and civil date". Archives and Collections Society. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. pp. 236–247.
- ^ Steward, W. Augustus (1915). War Medals and their History. London: Stanley Paul & Co. pp. 305–306. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ Hayward, Birch & Bishop (2006), p. 118.
- ^ "Cutting out the "Chevrette"". Royal Navy History. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Capture of the "Galliard"". Royal Navy History. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Capture of a Gunboat". Royal Navy History. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Storming Batteries in Basque Roads". Royal Navy History. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Capture of the "Caesar"". Royal Navy History. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Attack on Shipping at Port St. Mary". Royal Navy History. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Destruction of the frigate L'Elize". Royal Navy History. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Destruction of a Brig at Parenza". Royal Navy History. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ Douglas-Morris 1982, p. 250.
- ^ Douglas-Morris 1982, p. 251.
- ^ Douglas-Morris 1982, p. 265.
- ^ a b Douglas-Morris (1982), p. 268.
References
[edit]- Douglas-Morris, Kenneth (1982). The Naval General Service Medal roll, 1793–1840. London: privately published by the author. ISBN 978-1-84-574434-2.
- Hayward; Birch; Bishop (2006). British Battles and Medals (7th ed.). London: Spink. ISBN 1-902040-77-5.