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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 3

(x) Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (Peter Lines.), mounted on card, contact marks and heavy edge bruising with some edge knocks, otherwise very fine

Provenance:
Spink, 1902.

Peter Lines is confirmed upon the roll with entitlement to this medal and clasp for serving as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.S. President during the British invasion of Java in 1811.

H.M.S. President began its life as the French Gloire-class 40-gun frigate Président. She served in the French Navy only briefly, as she was completed in 1804 and was captured by Captain Edward Hawkins on Dispatch just two years later in August 1806. She was then converted at Plymouth and brought into the service of the Royal Navy under the anglified name 'President'. Her design served as the model for a number of Seringapatam-class frigates later built for the Royal Navy.

She served first for a few years in South America before being brought under the command of Captain Samuel Warren in 1810, with her course set for the East Indies early in 1811. President was sent there to join the squadron of Vice-Admiral Robert Stopford in Java, where the British were attempting to capture the island from the French-occupied Netherlands.

On 31 August, President along with three other frigates were ordered to capture the port city of Cirebon. Captain Warren was ordered to negotiate the town's surrender on 4 September. The whole island was surrendered to the British by Dutch General Janssens shortly afterwards on 18 September, and President sailed back home to England as an escort to Vice-Admiral Stopford; sold together with copied medal roll.



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Estimate
£700 to £900

Starting price
£550