Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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The quintessential frigate duel, fought merely 37km from Boston Harbour.

Join me for this nautical tale of horror, woe and victory.

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References:
Dennis, D. L. "The Action between the Shannon and the Chesapeake." The Mariner's Mirror 45, no. 1 (1959): 36-45.

Garbett, H. J. G. "The “Shannon” and the “Chesapeake.”." Royal United Services Institution. Journal 57, no. 424 (1913): 797-802.

Lambert, Andrew. The Challenge: Britain against America in the naval War of 1812. Faber & Faber, 2012.

Roosevelt, Theodore. The naval war of 1812. Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2022.

Toll, Ian W. Six frigates: The epic history of the founding of the US Navy. WW Norton & Company, 2008.