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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.
Online Image: 185KB; 740 x 600 pixels
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