15
A unique Naval General Service Medal awarded to Blacksmith W. Tuckey, Royal Navy, whose first a...
1/2
Auctioneer has chosen not to publish the price of this lot
London
Descrizione
A unique Naval General Service Medal awarded to Blacksmith W. Tuckey, Royal Navy, whose first and last clasp actions spanned nearly thirty years
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Lissa, Pelagosa, Syria (William Tuckey.), minor conact marks, good very fine
A unique name and combination.
Provenance:
Cheylesmore Collection, July 1930.
Hayward 1976.
William Tuckey was born in 1791 at Maidstone, Kent and joined H.M.S. Active as a Volunteer at Chatham in September 1809. Serving as a Landsman, he was subsequently present at the Battle of Lissa (Vis, Croatia), 13 March 1811. During the Battle, a massively outnumbered and outgunned British frigate squadron defeated a mixed squadron of French and Italian vessels for control of shipping in that portion of the Adriatic.
Aboard Active, Captain James Gordon had spotted the raiders in the early hours of the morning enabling a force to be assembled. As the French vessels bore down on the British, Captain William Hoste raised the signal:
'Remember Nelson.'
What resulted was later considered to be one of the finest achievements of the entire Napoleonic Wars. Hoste's squadron drove the French flagship ashore and scattered the squadron. All four of the British vessels played their part and Active suffered 4 killed and 24 wounded, capturing the Italian Corona after a fierce firefight.
She would later be commissioned into the Royal Navy as H.M.S. Daedalus.
Eight months later, Captain Gordon of the Active, with Tuckey aboard, sighted a French squadron off the island of Augusta in the morning of 29 November 1811. Captain Murray Maxwell of Alceste sent a telegraph to Gordon, shortly before the first shots were fired:
'Remember the Battle of Lissa.'
At 2pm, Active arrived to pour fire into the Pomone, with Pauline and Alceste also sharing in the action. Pomone was suffering badly, but in a fierce 20-minutes, Active also took heavy fire. Gordon himself had his leg severed after he was hit with a 32-pounder carronade shot. By the close of play a British victory had been secured, with Active suffering 9 killed and 26 wounded, over half of the casualties for the engagement.
Transferred to Tenedos in June 1812, Tuckey would see his fair share of action in the United States. This would culminate with the capture of the U.S. Frigate President off Sandy Hook in January 1815. Having joined the chase with Majestic, Endymion and Pomone, it would be Tenedos which ranged alongside President to take the surrender after she had badly damaged by the British.
With the end of hostilities, Tuckey was paid off in August 1815. Re-joining in 1826, he would see service as an Armourer's Mate and Armourer in Ramillies, Talavera, Isis, and Comet, the first steam vessel of the Royal Navy. Joining Bellerophon in September 1837 and appointed Blacksmith in April 1839, he served in this rank for the operations off the coast of Syria.
Finally retiring from the Royal Navy in April 1844, he was in receipt of a Wound Pension as a result of the loss of an eye in October 1842. Tuckey died at the Bread and Cheese Houses, Chatham, Kent on 16 October 1851; sold with copied research, in part completed by Captain Douglas-Morris.
Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Lissa, Pelagosa, Syria (William Tuckey.), minor conact marks, good very fine
A unique name and combination.
Provenance:
Cheylesmore Collection, July 1930.
Hayward 1976.
William Tuckey was born in 1791 at Maidstone, Kent and joined H.M.S. Active as a Volunteer at Chatham in September 1809. Serving as a Landsman, he was subsequently present at the Battle of Lissa (Vis, Croatia), 13 March 1811. During the Battle, a massively outnumbered and outgunned British frigate squadron defeated a mixed squadron of French and Italian vessels for control of shipping in that portion of the Adriatic.
Aboard Active, Captain James Gordon had spotted the raiders in the early hours of the morning enabling a force to be assembled. As the French vessels bore down on the British, Captain William Hoste raised the signal:
'Remember Nelson.'
What resulted was later considered to be one of the finest achievements of the entire Napoleonic Wars. Hoste's squadron drove the French flagship ashore and scattered the squadron. All four of the British vessels played their part and Active suffered 4 killed and 24 wounded, capturing the Italian Corona after a fierce firefight.
She would later be commissioned into the Royal Navy as H.M.S. Daedalus.
Eight months later, Captain Gordon of the Active, with Tuckey aboard, sighted a French squadron off the island of Augusta in the morning of 29 November 1811. Captain Murray Maxwell of Alceste sent a telegraph to Gordon, shortly before the first shots were fired:
'Remember the Battle of Lissa.'
At 2pm, Active arrived to pour fire into the Pomone, with Pauline and Alceste also sharing in the action. Pomone was suffering badly, but in a fierce 20-minutes, Active also took heavy fire. Gordon himself had his leg severed after he was hit with a 32-pounder carronade shot. By the close of play a British victory had been secured, with Active suffering 9 killed and 26 wounded, over half of the casualties for the engagement.
Transferred to Tenedos in June 1812, Tuckey would see his fair share of action in the United States. This would culminate with the capture of the U.S. Frigate President off Sandy Hook in January 1815. Having joined the chase with Majestic, Endymion and Pomone, it would be Tenedos which ranged alongside President to take the surrender after she had badly damaged by the British.
With the end of hostilities, Tuckey was paid off in August 1815. Re-joining in 1826, he would see service as an Armourer's Mate and Armourer in Ramillies, Talavera, Isis, and Comet, the first steam vessel of the Royal Navy. Joining Bellerophon in September 1837 and appointed Blacksmith in April 1839, he served in this rank for the operations off the coast of Syria.
Finally retiring from the Royal Navy in April 1844, he was in receipt of a Wound Pension as a result of the loss of an eye in October 1842. Tuckey died at the Bread and Cheese Houses, Chatham, Kent on 16 October 1851; sold with copied research, in part completed by Captain Douglas-Morris.
Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Auction Details
Spedizione
T&Cs & Important Info
Ask seller a question
A unique Naval General Service Medal awarded to Blacksmith W. Tuckey, Royal Navy, whose first and last clasp actions spanned nearly thirty years
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Lissa, Pelagosa, Syria (William Tuckey.), minor conact marks, good very fine
A unique name and combination.
Provenance:
Cheylesmore Collection, July 1930.
Hayward 1976.
William Tuckey was born in 1791 at Maidstone, Kent and joined H.M.S. Active as a Volunteer at Chatham in September 1809. Serving as a Landsman, he was subsequently present at the Battle of Lissa (Vis, Croatia), 13 March 1811. During the Battle, a massively outnumbered and outgunned British frigate squadron defeated a mixed squadron of French and Italian vessels for control of shipping in that portion of the Adriatic.
Aboard Active, Captain James Gordon had spotted the raiders in the early hours of the morning enabling a force to be assembled. As the French vessels bore down on the British, Captain William Hoste raised the signal:
'Remember Nelson.'
What resulted was later considered to be one of the finest achievements of the entire Napoleonic Wars. Hoste's squadron drove the French flagship ashore and scattered the squadron. All four of the British vessels played their part and Active suffered 4 killed and 24 wounded, capturing the Italian Corona after a fierce firefight.
She would later be commissioned into the Royal Navy as H.M.S. Daedalus.
Eight months later, Captain Gordon of the Active, with Tuckey aboard, sighted a French squadron off the island of Augusta in the morning of 29 November 1811. Captain Murray Maxwell of Alceste sent a telegraph to Gordon, shortly before the first shots were fired:
'Remember the Battle of Lissa.'
At 2pm, Active arrived to pour fire into the Pomone, with Pauline and Alceste also sharing in the action. Pomone was suffering badly, but in a fierce 20-minutes, Active also took heavy fire. Gordon himself had his leg severed after he was hit with a 32-pounder carronade shot. By the close of play a British victory had been secured, with Active suffering 9 killed and 26 wounded, over half of the casualties for the engagement.
Transferred to Tenedos in June 1812, Tuckey would see his fair share of action in the United States. This would culminate with the capture of the U.S. Frigate President off Sandy Hook in January 1815. Having joined the chase with Majestic, Endymion and Pomone, it would be Tenedos which ranged alongside President to take the surrender after she had badly damaged by the British.
With the end of hostilities, Tuckey was paid off in August 1815. Re-joining in 1826, he would see service as an Armourer's Mate and Armourer in Ramillies, Talavera, Isis, and Comet, the first steam vessel of the Royal Navy. Joining Bellerophon in September 1837 and appointed Blacksmith in April 1839, he served in this rank for the operations off the coast of Syria.
Finally retiring from the Royal Navy in April 1844, he was in receipt of a Wound Pension as a result of the loss of an eye in October 1842. Tuckey died at the Bread and Cheese Houses, Chatham, Kent on 16 October 1851; sold with copied research, in part completed by Captain Douglas-Morris.
Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Lissa, Pelagosa, Syria (William Tuckey.), minor conact marks, good very fine
A unique name and combination.
Provenance:
Cheylesmore Collection, July 1930.
Hayward 1976.
William Tuckey was born in 1791 at Maidstone, Kent and joined H.M.S. Active as a Volunteer at Chatham in September 1809. Serving as a Landsman, he was subsequently present at the Battle of Lissa (Vis, Croatia), 13 March 1811. During the Battle, a massively outnumbered and outgunned British frigate squadron defeated a mixed squadron of French and Italian vessels for control of shipping in that portion of the Adriatic.
Aboard Active, Captain James Gordon had spotted the raiders in the early hours of the morning enabling a force to be assembled. As the French vessels bore down on the British, Captain William Hoste raised the signal:
'Remember Nelson.'
What resulted was later considered to be one of the finest achievements of the entire Napoleonic Wars. Hoste's squadron drove the French flagship ashore and scattered the squadron. All four of the British vessels played their part and Active suffered 4 killed and 24 wounded, capturing the Italian Corona after a fierce firefight.
She would later be commissioned into the Royal Navy as H.M.S. Daedalus.
Eight months later, Captain Gordon of the Active, with Tuckey aboard, sighted a French squadron off the island of Augusta in the morning of 29 November 1811. Captain Murray Maxwell of Alceste sent a telegraph to Gordon, shortly before the first shots were fired:
'Remember the Battle of Lissa.'
At 2pm, Active arrived to pour fire into the Pomone, with Pauline and Alceste also sharing in the action. Pomone was suffering badly, but in a fierce 20-minutes, Active also took heavy fire. Gordon himself had his leg severed after he was hit with a 32-pounder carronade shot. By the close of play a British victory had been secured, with Active suffering 9 killed and 26 wounded, over half of the casualties for the engagement.
Transferred to Tenedos in June 1812, Tuckey would see his fair share of action in the United States. This would culminate with the capture of the U.S. Frigate President off Sandy Hook in January 1815. Having joined the chase with Majestic, Endymion and Pomone, it would be Tenedos which ranged alongside President to take the surrender after she had badly damaged by the British.
With the end of hostilities, Tuckey was paid off in August 1815. Re-joining in 1826, he would see service as an Armourer's Mate and Armourer in Ramillies, Talavera, Isis, and Comet, the first steam vessel of the Royal Navy. Joining Bellerophon in September 1837 and appointed Blacksmith in April 1839, he served in this rank for the operations off the coast of Syria.
Finally retiring from the Royal Navy in April 1844, he was in receipt of a Wound Pension as a result of the loss of an eye in October 1842. Tuckey died at the Bread and Cheese Houses, Chatham, Kent on 16 October 1851; sold with copied research, in part completed by Captain Douglas-Morris.
Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Orders, Decorations and Medals
Sale Date(s)
Indirizzo della sede
67-69 Southampton Row
Bloomsbury
WC1B 4ET
London
WC1B 4ET
United Kingdom
General delivery information available from the auctioneer
If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned
Informazioni importanti
SALEROOM NOTICES:
WITHDRAWN: 518, 520, 522, 524, 526, 530, 532, 533, 534, 536, 537, 539, 892
LOT 62: Surname part corrected in a neat engraved style.
LOT 161: The Lot is now accompanied by the recipient’s British War and Victory medals.
LOT 200: The Lot is accompanied by a DVD containing approximately 120 minutes of digitalised footage recorded by the recipient during the duration of the War. It provides an important first-hand insight to the campaign and is available to view upon request.’
LOT 218: Traces of brooch mounting.
LOT 286: Surname reads ‘Murray’, officially corrected. This is the medal of 44 Trooper Murray J. Fraser.
LOT 486: The Trio official later claims. Rolls refer.
An invoice showing the total amount due, including buyer’s premium, taxes, postage charges and other fees will be sent to buyers directly by Spink.
For full details please see the Spink Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Taxes may vary, so ensure that you pay attention to the location of the sale in relation to your own location
Termini e condizioni
Please see here
