The sinking of HMS Reindeer was one of the hardest-fought naval actions in the Anglo-American War of 1812. It took place on 28 June 1814. The ship-rigged...
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The sinking of HMS Peacock was a naval action fought off the mouth of the Demerara River, Guyana on 24 February 1813, between the sloop of war USS Hornet...
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Constitution vs HMS Guerriere on 19 August 1812, USS United States vs HMS Macedonian on 25 October, USS Constitution vs HMS Java on 29–30 December, HMS Shannon...
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The capture of HMS Penguin was a single-ship action which took place on March 23, 1815 as part of the War of 1812. It occurred when United States Navy...
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The Sinking of HMS Avon was a single ship action fought during the War of 1812, and took place on 1 September 1814. In the battle, the ship-rigged sloop...
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led the Marines. Money was captain of HMS Trave, and Adair was the commanding officer of HMS Vengeur's detachment of Marines.Thornton did not make allowance...
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capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant was an action which took place at the end of the Anglo-US portion of the War of 1812. The two British warships HMS Cyane...
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Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812, about 400 miles (640 km) southeast of Halifax, Nova...
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Fort Bowyer (redirect from Battle of Fort Bowyer)
took with him HMS Hermes (22 guns), HMS Sophie (18 guns), HMS Carron (20 guns; Captain Robert Cavendish Spencer), and a fourth vessel, HMS Childers (18...
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USS Wasp (1814) (category Age of Sail naval ships of the United States)
brig-sloop HMS Reindeer some 225 miles west of Plymouth, England, and brought her to battle. The fight lasted only 19 minutes, but during that brief span of time...
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29–30 May 1814 Sinking of HMS Reindeer 28 June 1814 Action at Nottawasaga 14 August 1814 Sinking of HMS Avon 1 September 1814 Capture of the Scorpion and...
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versus HMS Reindeer (June 28, 1814): A battle in the mouth of the English Channel resulting in the capture and destruction of British sloop Reindeer by U...
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The capture of HMS Frolic was a naval action fought in the Atlantic on 18 October 1812, between the sloop-of-war USS Wasp, commanded by Master Commandant...
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The capture of HMS Boxer in 1813 was a sea fight off the coast of Maine in the War of 1812. The United States Navy brig USS Enterprise, commanded by Lieutenant...
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The capture of HMS Macedonian was a naval action fought near Madeira on 25 October 1812 between the heavy frigate USS United States, commanded by Stephen...
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Down East coastal town of Machias. The force consisted of five warships: HMS Dragon (74), HMS Endymion (40), HMS Bacchante (38), HMS Sylph (18), a large...
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The capture of HMS Epervier was a naval action fought off the coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral on 28 April 1814, between the United States ship-rigged...
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for the Indian Ocean. On 27 April, they encountered the British ship of the line HMS Cornwallis, which they at first mistook for a valuable East Indiaman...
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USS Essex and the sloop USS Essex Junior of the United States Navy and the frigate HMS Phoebe and sloop HMS Cherub of the Royal Navy. The British ships won...
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under the command of Johnston Blakely, captured her approximately 500 mi (800 km) west of Ushant. See also: Sinking of HMS Reindeer USS Syren | United...
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under the command of Major George Armistead awaited the British naval bombardment. Their defense was augmented by the sinking of a line of American merchant...
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The First Battle of Sacket's Harbor (also spelled as Sackett's) was fought on July 19, 1812, between the United States and the British Empire; it was the...
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any official of the legislature, he also dispatched Captain Tito LeLièvre of the Royal Newfoundland to set fire to the sloop-of-war HMS Sir Isaac Brock...
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The Battle of Rappahannock River was fought in 1813 during the War of 1812. A British Royal Navy force blockading the Rappahannock River in Virginia sent...
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of London are signed between the Great Powers, uniting the Low Countries under William I of the Netherlands. June 28 – War of 1812 – Sinking of HMS Reindeer...
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Nuku Hiva Campaign (redirect from Action of 9 May 1814)
meet up with HMS Cherub. Eventually, in 1815, Gamble was able to return to the United States. On 28 August 1814, a Royal Navy flotilla with HMS Briton anchored...
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President, he had captured the smaller British frigate HMS Macedonian on 25 October 1812, while in command of the frigate USS United States. Napoleon's failed...
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ship HMS Plantagenet of seventy-four guns, commanded by Captain Robert Lloyd, was sailing to the West Indies with the thirty-eight gun frigate HMS Rota...
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Raid on Alexandria (Virginia) (category Battles of the War of 1812)
The Raid on Alexandria was a British victory during the War of 1812, which gained much plunder at little cost but may have contributed to the later British...
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HMS Reindeer (also Rein Deer) was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Samuel & Daniel Brent at Rotherhithe and was...
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