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NH 42072 USS Hornet blockading HMS Bonne Citoyenne

Photo #: NH 42072 USS Hornet blockading HMS Bonne Citoyenne
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Title: USS Hornet blockading HMS Bonne Citoyenne
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Description: Artwork depicting USS Hornet (foreground) off São Salvador (Bahia), Brazil, with the British sloop of war Bonne Citoyenne blockaded inside the harbor, circa 13 December 1812 - 24 January 1813. Hornet's Commanding Officer, James Lawrence, had challenged the enemy warship to a single-ship action, but Bonne Citoyenne, which carried a significant amount of money, declined the offer. The original was in a journal kept by William H. Macy of a whaling voyage to the Pacific Ocean in the ship Potomac, 1841-1845. Courtesy of Charles H. Taylor, 1936. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42072
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