Photo #: NH 42906
Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon,
1 June 1813
Print painted, engraved and published by W. Elmes, London, August
1813.
It depicts the capture of Chesapeake off Boston, Massachusetts,
after a sharp engagement and boarding by Shannon's crew.
Boston light house is shown in the left background.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland.
Beverly R. Robinson Collection, March 1937.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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