N.G.S. face clasp only 11 August, 1808 Boat Service
On 11 August Keats sent in the boats from Edgar, under the command of her captain, James Macnamara. The boats captured the Fama, of 18 guns and under the command of Otto Frederick Rasch, and the cutter Søormen, of 12 guns and under the command of Thøger Emil Rosenørn. Despite the odds Rasch and Rosenørn refused to surrender and put up a stiff resistance before they struck.[a] British losses were an officer killed and two men wounded; the Danes lost seven men killed and 13 wounded.[8] Captain Rasch was made a prisoner of war and held at Reading for six months until release in February 1809. In 1847 the Admiralty authorized the issue of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp “11 Aug. Boat Service 1808” to all surviving claimants of the action. 15 clasps awarded
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