USS Chesapeake (1799)
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Chesapeake was a 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She was one of the original six frigates whose construction was authorized by the Naval Act of 1794. Joshua
USS Chesapeake, painting by F. Muller (early 1900s)
Chesapeake fires her only shot upon Leopard
Captain James Lawrence
1813 illustration of the battle between Shannon and Chesapeake
Chesapeake–Leopard affair
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The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was a naval engagement off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British fourth-rate HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake. The crew
USS Chesapeake (1799)
…War. On 22 June 1807, she was fired upon by HMS Leopard of the Royal Navy for refusing to allow a search for deserters. The event, now known as the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, angered the American public and government and was a precipitating factor that led to the War of 1812. As a result of the affair, Chesapeake's commanding…
HMS Leopard (right) fires upon USS Chesapeake
Barron offering his sword to Humphreys onboard Chesapeake
Seaman's protection certificate issued in New Orleans, to Daniel Martin on 6 Oct. 1804