The HMS Shannon was a 38-gun British frigate.
The British buried American Captain James Lawrence in Halifax with full military honors. Six senior British naval officers served as his pall bearers.
The Shannon was in ordinary in Portsmouth 1814-1815. Between July 1815 and March 1817 the ship was at Chatham undergoing extensive repairs that cost 26,328 pounds. It was then returned to ordinary where it stayed until 1826 when it underwent some minor repairs at a cost of 4,969 pounds and then fitted for sea between August-December 1828 for 14,746 pounds.
It became a receiving ship and a temporary hulk at Sheerness in 1831. On 11 March 1844 and was broken up at Chatham in 1859.
--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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