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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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