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