HMS Java in a Sinking State
![To the left, the British ship is exploding as it sinks, the American ship is in the background To the left, the British ship is exploding as it sinks, the American ship is in the background](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-war-of-1812/uss-constitution-vs-hms-java/hms-java-in-a-sinking-state/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1597858446497.jpg)
Printed below image "Plate 4. Dedicated by permission the right honorable the lord commissioners of the admiralty. The Java in a sinking state. Set fire too and blowing up. The Consitution at a distance a head laying to, unbending her sails, repairing her rigging ect. In the evening of the 29th December 1812."
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- Art
Wars & Conflicts
- War of 1812 1812-1815
Navy Communities
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