Picture No | 10020290 |
Date | 19 August 1812 |
Description | 'CONSTITUTION' VICTORY |
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The American warship 'Constitution' - known as 'Old Ironsides' - dismasts the British 'Guerriere', damaging her so severely that she is not worth towing back to port.
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Source | Engraving by T Birch in Hinton, History of the United States, volume 1 page 334 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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