From Wikipedia.
Yesterday, I wrote about the British blockade coming to the Chesapeake Bay and the Captain Burr being stopped by the HMS San Domingo, Maidstone, Acasta. I'd never heard of these ships, so looked them up in good old Wiki.
HMS SAN DOMINGO-- 74-gun third-rate ship-of-the-line launched 1809 and sold 1816. the 180-foot long vessel was the flagship of Sir John Borlase Warren.
HMS MAIDSTONE-- 36-gun fifth-rate frigate launched 1811. Used as a receiving ship from 1832 and hulked in 1839. Broken up in 1865.
HMS ACASTA-- Next.
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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