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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, following the capture of USS Chesapeake by the frigate HMS Shannon during the War of 1812, the wound
Portrait by Robert Field, 1813
Wallis commanded HMS Shannon on her return to Halifax with her prize, after the capture of USS Chesapeake
Wallis in the uniform of a senior flag officer
Wallis's epaulettes displayed in the Naval Museum of Halifax, CFB Halifax
The South East Coast of America Station was a formation of the Royal Navy which existed from 1838 until just after the end of the 19th century.
HMS Retribution, flagship of the South East Coast of America Station