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Constitution took the American ship H.N. Gambrill as a prize near Angola on 3 November. H.N. Gambrill was involved in the slave trade and proved to be Constitution 's final capture. [183] The rest of her tour passed uneventfully and she sailed for home on 31 March 1855. She was diverted to Havana, Cuba, arriving there on 16 May and departing on ...
Captured: 19 July 1806: United Kingdom; Name: HMS Guerriere: Acquired: Captured from the French on 19 July 1806: Fate: Captured and burned by the crew of USS Constitution on 19 August 1812: General characteristics; Class and type: fifth-rate frigate: Tons burthen: 1,092 tons: Length: 47.1 metres [1] Beam: 12 metres [1] Draught: 5.8 metres [1 ...
USS Constitution, the last of the original six frigates of the United States Navy still in commission Class overview Operators United States Navy Built 1794–1800 In service 1794–1881 In commission 1797–present Planned 6 Completed 6 Active 1 Lost 2 Retired 3 General characteristics (Constitution, President, United States) Class and type 44-gun frigate Tonnage 1,576 Displacement 2,200 tons ...
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812, about 400 miles (640 km) southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.It took place on the 19th of August 1812, one month after the war's first engagement between British and American forces.
The capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant was an action which took place at the end of the Anglo-US portion of the War of 1812. The two British warships HMS Cyane and HMS Levant fought USS Constitution on 20 February 1815, about 100 miles east of Madeira. Following exchanges of broadsides and musket fire, both Cyane and Levant surrendered.
Captured by USS Enterprise and USS Constitution under the commands of Stephen Decatur and William Bainbridge respectively. Renamed USS Intrepid , was one of several vessels under the command of Stephen Decatur which recaptured and destroyed the USS Philadelphia 16 February 1804.
Crane later encountered USS Constitution and provided its commanding officer Commodore Isaac Mayo with information about H.N Gambrill. On 3 November Constitution also encountered the schooner about sixty miles (97 km) south of the Congo River and gave chase - eventually forcing H.N. Gambrill to a stop with a warning shot and capturing the ship.
HMS Levant was a 20-gun Cyrus-class sixth rate of the Royal Navy built by William Courtney, of Chester.She was one of five British warships that USS Constitution captured or destroyed during the War of 1812.