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USN 902807 Capture of Sloop USS FROLIC, April 1814

Capture of Sloop USS FROLIC, April 1814
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Title: Capture of Sloop USS FROLIC, April 1814
Caption: On 20 April 1814, the United States 22-gun ship sloop USS FROLIC, Commander Joseph Bainbridge, having sailed from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at daylight fell in with the British 36-gun 18-pounder frigate HMS ORPHEUS, Captain Hugh Pigot, and 12-gun schooner HMS SHELBURNE, Lieutenant David Hope. When the chase commenced, both British ships were to leeward but, in an hour, the schooner weathered the FROLIC. At a few minutes past noon, ORPHEUS, then on FROLIC's lee quarter, fired two shots and, in about half an hour, just as SHELBURNE was closing on her, FROLIC struck her colors.
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Catalog #: USN 902807
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Original Creator: Artist, Warren (attributed)
After this Year: 1812
Before this Year: 1815
Original Medium: Watercolor Painting, BW Photo
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