Medallion, Royal Navy, Nelson Interest: 1897 Foudroyant

Medallion, Royal Navy, Nelson Interest: 1897 Foudroyant medallion, copper 38mm.: obv. bust of Nelson: Hoartio Viscount Nelson, below: born 29th September 1759/died 21st October 1805, Reg. No. 311490; rev. ship of the line HMS Foudroyant: Foudroyant Nelson's Flagship, below: medal struck from copper of vessel after breaking up/commenced building 1789/launched at Plymouth April 1798/wrecked at Blackpool/June 16th 1897, Eimer 1813 GVF (1) The ship, designed by Sir John Henslow was to an experimental design derived from French practice and named after a French warship captured in 1758. Nelson's flagship 1799-1801