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NH 42906 Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, 1 June 1813

Photo #: NH 42906 Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, 1 June 1813
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Title: Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, 1 June 1813
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Description: Print painted, engraved and published by W. Elmes, London, August 1813. It depicts the capture of Chesapeake off Boston, Massachusetts, after a sharp engagement and boarding by Shannon's crew. Boston light house is shown in the left background. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. Beverly R. Robinson Collection, March 1937. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42906
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