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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42073

Action between USS Hornet and HMS Peacock, 24 February 1813


Artwork depicting Peacock's mainmast collapsing at the close of the engagement.
The text below the image is reproduced in Photo # NH 42073 (extended caption).

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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4 April 2003