[ 6114 ] British 1854 Crimea medal clasp Sebastopol awarded to Naval man

Description

British 1854 Crimea medal clasp Sebastopol awarded to Naval man J T Cooper HMS Terrible.

Service in the Channel and the Mediterranean
Terrible was commissioned on 5 December 1845 under the command of Captain William Ramsay and was first attached to the Channel Fleet. In 1847 she was sent to Portuguese Angola to transport the Portuguese exiles under the leadership of the Count of Bonfim back to Lisbon, as stipulated by the Convention of Gramido.[5] On 2 January 1850, she ran aground at Plymouth whilst on a voyage from Portsmouth to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken into Plymouth. Subsequently, she served in the Mediterranean.

During the Crimean War

Terrible at the Bombardment of Odessa by the English and French Steam Squadron in 1854
Terrible saw active service during the Crimean War. On 6 November 1853, commanded by Captain James Johnstone McCleverty, she left England carrying Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, who had been appointed second-in-command of the Mediterranean Fleet. Terrible then joined Admiral James Dundas's fleet in the Black Sea, where she served during the Crimean War. On 7 October 1854 she landed some of her 68-pounder guns at Balaclava to be used in the siege of Sevastopol. At the naval bombardment of Sevastopol on 17 October Terrible was the northernmost ship of the Allied line and successfully bombarded Fort Constantine [ru], the northern fort protecting Sevastopol harbour.