Naval General Service clasp Copenhagen, Drummer, Royal Marines , H.M.S. Ardent, of the finest ships for the battle. With Nelson’s squadron, forced the surrender of four Danish ships and floating batteries though at a loss of over 90 officers and men killed or wounded. causing Nelson to come aboard the Ardent the day after the battle to deliver his personal commendations to Ardent’s officers and men for their actions. Disch to Pension Greenwich 1817, stated ‘wounded Hebrus’ presumably war of 1812 where she saw good service

Naval General Service clasp Copenhagen

Samuel Mullard

Srved as Drummer, Royal Marines, HMS Ardent (64)

Cheylesmore Collection 1930

Ardent were duly engaged in the thick of the fighting, eventually suffering 29 killed and 64 wounded, with another 40 being slightly wounded but able to continue working. During the battle the Ardent forced the surrender of four Danish ships and floating batteries, causing Nelson to come aboard the Ardent the day after the battle to deliver his personal commendations to Ardent’s officers and men for their actions.

She was one of the first five ships of the fleet to engage the enemy and during the drawn out battle half of her main deck carronades, with which her battery had been replaced, were put out of action with her masts and rigging ‘much wounded’

Disch. to Greenwich outpatient with pension of £16-8 Sh, with 17 years service. ‘last ship served and wounded, Hebrus.

Presumably in the War of 1812 where Hebrus was much engaged .

HMS Hebrus was a 36-gun Scamander-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, commissioned in October 1813 and launched on September 13, 1813. Primarily built to counter American frigates during the War of 1812, she first fought in the Napoleonic Wars, capturing the French frigate Étoile in March 1814 before transferring to North American waters to fight against the U.S..

War of 1812 Service and  ActionsAction against Étoile: On March 27, 1814, Hebrus (under Capt. Edmund Palmer) and Sparrow chased and captured the French 40-gun frigate Étoile off Jobourg, France.
Chesapeake Bay Campaign: Hebrus was transferred to North America and in August 1814 participated in the expedition up the Patuxent River, which led to the destruction of Commodore Joshua Barney’s Chesapeake Bay Flotilla.
Battle of Bladensburg, operations supporting the Battle of Bladensburg and the subsequent burning of Washington D.C..

Died 1852 Greenwich in patient

Good  conditioned medal, nicely toned