Image: HMS Shannon taking USS Chesapeake, 1 June 1813 RMG BHC0601f

Description: HMS Shannon taking USS Chesapeake, 1 June 1813 'HMS Shannon taking USS Chesapeake, 1 June 1813'. The American frigate Chesapeake was captured by the British ship Shannon off the Boston coast, in a battle which lasted only 15 minutes but claimed over 120 lives.
Title: HMS Shannon taking USS Chesapeake, 1 June 1813 title QS:P1476,en:"HMS Shannon taking USS Chesapeake, 1 June 1813 " label QS:Len,"HMS Shannon taking USS Chesapeake, 1 June 1813 "
Credit: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12093
Author: Thomas Buttersworth
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