From Wikipedia.
This past week, I have been writing about the USS Constitution capturing the HMS Levant and HMS Cyane 200 years ago.
The Levant got away, but the famous American ship was able to hold on to the Cyane.
The HMS Cyane was a 22-gun Banterer-class post ship, 6th rate, built in 1806 and originally named the HMS Columbine. It was 118 feet long and had a crew of 155.
In 1807, it was operating off Copenhagen against the Danish Navy and then it blockade Zealand Island off the Danish coast.
In February 1808, it captured eight merchant ships in the Mediterranean. On 22 May, she captured the privateer Medusa, the last Spanish ship captured before Spain turned against Napoleon. to begin fighting the French.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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