Captain Philip Broke, commanding HMS Shannon, captures the USS Chesapeake, commanded by Captain James Lawrence.
[restored 12/10/2021]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 72.
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