The Naval War of 1812 - Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great - Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
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as they are any American can look back upon them with the keenest
national pride. For a hundred and thirty years England had had no equal on the sea; and now she suddenly found one in the untried navy of an almost unknown power. BRITISH VESSELS CAPTURED OR DESTROYED IN 1812. Name. Guns. Tonnage. Remarks. _Guerriere_ 49 1,340 _Macedonian_ 49 1,325 _Java_ 49 1,340 _Frolic_ 19 477 Recaptured. _Alert_ 20 323 _____ _______ 186 4,807 19 477 Deducting Frolic. _____ _______ 167 4,330 AMERICAN VESSELS CAPTURED OR DESTROYED. Name. Guns. Tonnage. _Wasp_ 18 450 _Nautilus_ 14 185 _Vixen_ 14 185 _____ _______ 46 820 VESSELS BUILT IN 1812. |
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