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NH 55463 USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin, 23 March 1815

Photo #: NH 55463 USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin, 23 March 1815
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Title: USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin, 23 March 1815
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Description: Colored lithograph by S. Walters , after a sketch by William Skiddy, depicting the two sloops close aboard during the engagement, which took place in the South Atlantic off Tristan d'Acunha. Note that the erroneous date of 23 January 1815 appears on the print. The text below the image is reproduced in Photo # NH 55463 (extended caption). Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. Beverly R. Robinson Collection. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 55463
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