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A French Small-Sword Taken By Midshipman Thomas Southey During The Action In Which H.M.S. Mars Captured The French Ship Hercule On 21 April 1798Late 18th Century
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Late 18th Century
Late 18th Century
73.7 cm. blade
Footnotes
Exhibited
The Waterloo Museum, Broadstairs, Kent
Provenance
Wallis & Wallis, Militaria, Arms & Armour sale, 16-17 November 1999, lot 1114
Thomas Southey was born on 1 December 1777 and was the younger brother of Robert Southey, the Romantic poet and Poet Laureate. He served as a midshipman on the Mars (74), when it engaged and captured the French ship, Hercule (74), where he was wounded. In 1801, having been promoted to Lieutenant, he served on the Bellona at the Battle of Copenhagen where once again he was wounded. He attained the rank of Captain and later joined the Customs Service. He died at sea in 1838 on his return from Demerara in the West Indies








