USS Constitution vs HMS Java
![Constitution on the right is firing into a demasted Java on the left Constitution on the right is firing into a demasted Java on the left](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-war-of-1812/uss-constitution-vs-hms-java/uss-constitution-vs-hms-java1/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1597857377298.jpg)
Printed below the image "Plate 2. Dedicated by permission the right honorable the lord commissioners of the admiralty. The Java as appeared at 35 min past 4 P.M. after having sustained several raking broadsides from the Constitution whilst closely engaging her until she became a perfect wreck, the main mast alone standing, the rigging shot to pieces, the main yard in the slings. The Constitution making sail and getting out of gunshot."
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Wars & Conflicts
- War of 1812 1812-1815
Navy Communities
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