This 1812 American Frigate Could Take a Direct Cannon Hit. A British frigate fires on the USS Constitution - but its shots either miss or rebound off its tough oak hull.

Much larger British warships captured the sloop of war Wasp and the war schooner Vixen in the fall of 1812. But these losses did little to lessen the impact of the three frigate victories.

1812 - Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander 1912 - First airborne radio communications from naval aircraft to ship (LT John Rodgers to USS Stringham) 1946 - CAPT Joy Bright Hancock ...

The invasion, which was part of the War of 1812, was the most serious attack on North Carolina during the course of the war. Cockburn’s fleet included a 74-gun man-of-war, three frigates, a brig ...

Subsequently, the British built a frigate on its lines, slightly modified and with the same name. It became part of the Royal Navy in 1847. In all but size, President represented the highest ...