Maritime History

HMS Shannon (1806)

HMS Shannon was a 38-gun Leda-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806 and served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. She won a noteworthy naval victory on 1 June 1813, during the latter conflict, when she captured the United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake in a bloody battle.

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See also

• ▸HMS Pegasus (1779)
• ▸Bonin thrush
• ▸Alexandroupolis

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