Orders, Decorations and Medals

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (F. R. Coghlan, Lieut. R.N.) nearly extremely fine £400-450

Francis Rogers Coghlan entered the Navy in May 1807, as a Supernumerary aboard the Daedalus and, shortly afterwards, a Midshipman’s berth on board the Elk, commanded by his uncle Captain Jeremiah Coghlan, whose distinguished service was rewarded with a Companionship of the Bath. After service in Polyphemus and Hyperion he joined, early in 1812, the Caledonia, bearing the flag of Sir Edward Pellew, and witnessed a partial action with the French fleet off Toulon on 5 November, 1813. Immediately after this he rejoined his uncle in the Alcmene and assisted at the capture of the French schooner La Flêche in December of the same year. Being promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Pylades on 18 April, 1814, he sailed for the coast of North America where he contributed to the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels, and was employed in the blockade of Newport, Rhode Island. Having been paid off in July 1815, he joined the Minden, on the eve of her departure for Gibraltar in July 1816. At that place he assumed command of No. 23 Gunboat in which he shared the glories of Algiers. Coghlan was promoted Commander on the active list on 2 September 1843 and died in 1855 or 56.