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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 55418

USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


Contemporary engraving by Jaxet after Baugean, published in Paris, France. It depicts the British frigate Guerriere losing her fore and main masts, near the conclusion of her battle with USS Constitution.

Courtesy of the New Haven Colony Historical Society.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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18 February 2003