Lot Archive

Lot

№ 420

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1 December 2010

Hammer Price:
£700

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (N. Tucker, Capn. of the Mast. H.M.S. Trincomalee. 30 Yrs.) good very fine £350-400

Nathaniel Tucker, a native of Cornwall, served as Captain of the Mast aboard H.M.S. Trincomalee from June 1852 to September 1857. He had joined the Navy in April 1827 and was finally discharged as Ship’s Cook from H.M.S. Lion on 3 September 1868. Sold with copied service records.