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Description: | A crown piece. Obverse: Engraved on a smooth surface a royal crown (centre) surrounded by a laurel garland tied with ribbon and legend and circular inscription in four lines. Legend: 'FRENCH NATIONAL SHIPS CAPTURED OR BURNED'. Below: 'H.M.SHIP ARETHUSA 3 FEBY 1812.' Inscription: 'Cygne 18 Guns, Amphetrite (sic) 46, Do Pauline 20, Seine 44, Loire 44, Hautpoult 80 and many smaller National armed Vessels.' Below: 'Lieut. Peter Brooke Royal Navy and Major of the Mexican Caccadores.' Reverse: The royal arms (centre) and circular inscription. Inscription across the field: 'H.M. SHIP VILLE DE PARIS'; 'bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir H.B. Neale'. In a circle: 'Channel Fleet Reviewed at Spit Head by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, June 1814, in presence of the Emperor of Russia & King of Prussia. Lieut Peter Brooke. Engagements; Flotillas & Batteries at Havre de Grace & Boulogne, Copenhagen, Spanish Main, Pigeon Island, Martinique, Saintes, Guadiloup (sic), New Orleans, Mobille.'
caption: Crown; obverse
caption: Crown; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | crown coins Brooke Peter Arethusa 1781 (HMS) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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