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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42065

Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


Engraving by Baugean after a drawing by Montardier du Havre, published in Paris, France, during the 19th Century. It depicts the point in the action where the British frigate Guerriere lost her masts.

Courtesy of Mr. Beverly R. Robinson, March 1937.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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18 February 2003