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HMS Shannon was a 38-gun Leda-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806 and served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 . She won a noteworthy naval victory on 1 June 1813, during the latter conflict, when she captured the United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake in a bloody battle.
Shannon was ordered as part of the 1904–05 naval construction programme as one of the three Minotaur-class armoured cruisers. She was laid down on 2 January 1905 at Chatham Dockyard . The ship was christened on 27 April 1907 by Lady Carrington and commissioned on 19 March 1908 [ 4 ] at the cost of £1,415,135. [ 5 ]
HMS Shannon (1757) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1757 and broken up 1765. HMS Shannon (1796) was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1796 and sold in 1802. HMS Shannon (1803) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in September 1803. She had been intended to be called HMS Pallas, but was renamed in 1802 before being launched. She ran ashore ...
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English: Action between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, 1 June 1813 Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, after a painting by J.C. Schetky based on a design by Captain R.H. King, RN. Published by Smith, Elder & Company, London, in 1830.
Shannon had lost 23 men killed, and had 56 wounded. Chesapeake had about 48 killed, including four lieutenants, the master and many other of her officers, and 99 wounded. [1] Shannon had been hit by a total of 158 projectiles, Chesapeake by 362 (these figures include grapeshot).
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