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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 74526

Action between USS Chesapeake and HMS Leopard, 22 June 1807


Sketch by Fred S. Cozzens, copied from his 1897 book "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements".
It depicts Leopard, at right, firing on Chesapeake to enforce a demand that she submit to a search of her crew for British Navy deserters.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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8 May 2003