This View of his Majesty's Ship Shannon hove too, & cooly waiting the close approach of the American Frigate Chesapeak who is bearing down to the Attack...
This aquatint depicts HMS Shannon (right) capturing the American frigate Chesapeake (left) on the 1st of June, 1813. The battle was short and bloody, claiming over 120 lives. Lieutenant Charles Leslie Falkiner, with George Thomas L Watt, commanded the boarding party from the Shannon, and Watt was killed (see William Laird Clowes "The Royal Navy, A History" Vol 6, p.81). Falkiner gave the artist Dodd the details to draw in this print.
Object Details
| ID: | PAG9074 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Andrews, George; Dodd, Robert |
| Vessels: | Chesapeake (1799); Shannon (1806) |
| Date made: | Aug 1813 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 400 x 508 mm; Mount: 484 mm x 633 mm |
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