• originally the French Président, captured in 1806, renamed Piedmontaise in 1815 and broken up in the same year. HMS President (1815) was a 44-gun fifth...
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    War. On 16 May 1811, President was at the center of the Little Belt affair; her crew mistakenly identified HMS Little Belt as HMS Guerriere, which had...
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  • captured in 1780 and was sold in 1783. HMS St Vincent (1815) was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1841, used...
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    frigate Président which had served as HMS President from 1806 to 1815. All the Old President's successors in the London RNR role have also been renamed HMS President...
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  • that the British Royal Navy captured in 1815. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS President. USS President (1812), was a 12-gun American sloop, purchased...
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    HMS President (formerly HMS Saxifrage) is a retired Flower-class Q-ship that was launched in 1918. She was renamed HMS President in 1922 and moored permanently...
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    HMS President was a large frigate in the British Royal Navy (RN). She was built to replace the previous HMS President, redesignated from the heavy frigate...
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    the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555. Media related to HMS Gannet (ship, 1878) at Wikimedia...
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    bloodiest such action of the war), HMS Phoebe vs USS Essex on 28 March 1814, HMS Endymion vs USS President on 15 January 1815. In single ship battles, superior...
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    the Little Belt Affair. By 1815, Commodore Stephen Decatur commanded President, he had captured the smaller British frigate HMS Macedonian in a famous action...
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  • 1806 when the Royal Navy captured her. Thereafter, she served as HMS President. In 1815 the Navy renamed her Piemontaise, but then broke her up in December...
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  • with USS President on 15 January 1815, disabling the American ship. She became a receiving ship in 1859 and was broken up in June 1868. HMS Endymion (1865)...
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    15 April 1815. p. 701. Lambert (2012). James (1824), vol.6, p. 367. James, William (1824). "USS President engages HMS Endymion 15 January 1815". Retrieved...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1815. 1815 (MDCCCXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on...
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    night. Subsequently, HMS Pomone and HMS Tenedos overtook President, and Decatur surrendered the ship once again to Endymion. President was taken into the...
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    HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
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  • Fitz Babbitt (category 1815 deaths)
    January 1815) was an officer of the United States Navy who served during the War of 1812, and was killed during the capture of USS President. Babbitt...
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    Buzzard relieved HMS President (formerly HMS Gannet of 1878) as headquarters ship, being renamed HMS President on 1 April 1911. As President she served until...
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    of the Americans.' Quote from Dickson's journal: '27 January, 1815. Friday. Aboard HMS Royal Oak, at anchor off Chandeleur Island. Part of the ships arrived...
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    resists HMS Endymion 1814, December 20 – HMS Cockchafer captures the American letter of marque Java 1815, January 15 – HMS Endymion defeats USS President 1815...
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    Jefferson refused to submit it to the Senate for ratification. The British ship HMS Leopard fired upon the USS Chesapeake off the Virginia coast in June 1807...
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    Leander left Port of Spain on July 24, together with HMS Express, HMS Attentive, HMS Prevost, and HMS Lilly, carrying some 220 officers and men. General...
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    Napoleon abdicated on 22 June 1815, in favour of his son Napoleon II. On 24 June, the Provisional Government then proclaimed his abdication to France and...
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  • President (1800) versus HMS Highflyer (1813) (September 23, 1813): An action off the coast of New England during which the American frigate President...
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    captain of HMS Endymion, he was involved in the action on 14 January 1815 which ended in the capture of the American warship USS President. Hope was the...
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    (comprising HMS Seahorse (38 guns; Capt. Gordon), HMS Carron (20 guns; Capt. Spencer), HMS Sophie (18 guns), HMS Childers (18 guns; Capt. Umfreville) and HMS Shelburne...
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    The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under...
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    HMS Milford 1695 HMS Arundel 1695 HMS Rye 1696 HMS Scarborough 1696 HMS Looe (i) 1696 HMS Lynn 1696 HMS Fowey 1696 HMS Southsea Castle (i) 1696 HMS Gosport...
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    launched at Cherbourg in 1809. In December of the next year she captured HMS Africaine. The Royal Navy captured Astrée in 1810 and took her into service...
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    strongly contributed to bolstering Madison's reputation as president. Napoleon's defeat at the June 1815 Battle of Waterloo brought a final close to the Napoleonic...
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