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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. |