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Chesapeake | 2395 | ||
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Nominal Guns | 36 | DANFS | |
Nationality | United States of America | ||
Operator | United States Navy | ||
Ordered | 30.6.1798 | DANFS | |
Keel Laid Down | 14.11.1798 | DANFS | |
Launched | 2.12.1799 | DANFS | |
How acquired | Purpose built | DANFS | |
Shipyard | Gosport Shipyard - Gosport | DANFS | |
Designed by | Josiah Fox (1763-1847) | BWAS-1793 | |
Constructor | Humphreys, Huttan & Delavue | DANFS | |
Category | Fifth Rate | DANFS | |
Ship Type | Frigate | DANFS | |
Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | DANFS | |
Captured | 1.6.1813 | DANFS | |
Becomes | British Fifth Rate frigate 'Chesapeake' (1813) (38) |
Incident with Leopard (50), in which the Chesapeake suffered 21 casualties and had 4 men carried off
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Dates | Fleet | Fleet Commander | Source | 1802-1803 | American Mediterranean Squadron 1802-1803 | Richard V Morris |
In the action against the Shannon the Chesapeake had sixty-one killed or mortally wounded, including her Captain, First and Fourth Lieutenants, master, Boatswain and three Midshipmen, and eight-five wounded, including her both the other Lieutenants, five midshipmen and the Chaplain.
During the fifteen minute engagement the Chesapeake was struck by the following shot (From a table in Roosevelt)
39 | eighteen pound |
25 | thirty-two pound |
2 | nine pound |
306 | grape |
362 | Total shot |