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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 65811-KN (color)

Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, 1 June 1813

Colored lithograph by M. Dubourg after a drawing by Heath, published in England circa 1813.
It depicts the officers and crew of Shannon, commanded by Captain Broke, boarding and capturing the Chesapeake.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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12 May 2003