Nova Scotia Archives

Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia

Underdog HMS Shannon defeats USS Chesapeake

After losing a series of one-on-one ship battles, the Royal Navy scored a major triumph when the underdog Shannon defeated and brought into Halifax the American naval frigate Chesapeake. Thereafter the American navy rarely ventured out of port.

Date: 1813

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspapers: Weekly Chronicle 11 June 1813 page3

Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/privateers/archives/

Crown copyright © 2024, Province of Nova Scotia.