Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon

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The Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon was a pivotal naval engagement of the War of 1812, remembered for the swift British victory and U.S. Captain James Lawrence’s dying command, “Don’t give up the ship.”

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instanceOf engagement of the War of 1812 ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon ⓘ
associatedPerson Oliver Hazard Perry ⓘ
belligerent Royal Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
BritishCommander Philip Broke ⓘ
BritishShipFlag HMS Shannon ⓘ
BritishShipRate 38-gun frigate HMS Shannon ⓘ
capturedVessel USS Chesapeake ⓘ
casualtiesSide heavy American casualties ⓘ
significant British casualties ⓘ
combatantShip HMS Shannon ⓘ
USS Chesapeake ⓘ
commandingOfficer James Lawrence ⓘ
Philip Broke ⓘ
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
countryInvolved United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
date 1813-06-01 ⓘ
duration about 15 minutes of intense fighting ⓘ
famousQuote Don’t give up the ship ⓘ
followedBy British morale boost in naval war ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
killedInAction James Lawrence ⓘ
legacy inspired the battle flag of Oliver Hazard Perry ⓘ
“Don’t give up the ship” became a famous U.S. Navy motto ⓘ
location Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
off Boston Harbor ⓘ
navalBranch blue-water naval engagement ⓘ
near Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
notableFor James Lawrence’s dying command “Don’t give up the ship” ⓘ
death of Captain James Lawrence ⓘ
swift British victory ⓘ
outcome capture of USS Chesapeake by HMS Shannon ⓘ
partOf Atlantic theater of the War of 1812 ⓘ
precededBy American frigate victories earlier in the War of 1812 ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
shipTypeInvolved fifth-rate frigate ⓘ
strategicEffect improved British naval prestige in the War of 1812 ⓘ
shock to American public opinion ⓘ
tacticalType frigate action ⓘ
theater North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic
USCommander James Lawrence ⓘ
USShipFlag USS Chesapeake ⓘ
USShipRate 44-gun frigate USS Chesapeake ⓘ
linked to: USS Chesapeake
woundedInAction Philip Broke ⓘ
year 1813 ⓘ

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James Lawrence → notableBattle → Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon ⓘ
Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon → alsoKnownAs → Action between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon ⓘ
linked to: Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon
Anglo-American naval warfare → notableEngagement → Shannon–Chesapeake engagement ⓘ
linked to: Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon