HMS Shannon (1806)
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"The Brilliant Achievement of the Shannon... in boarding and capturing the United States Frigate Chesapeake off Boston, 1 June 1813 in fifteen minutes" by W. Elmes. The Shannon is to the left.
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| Name: | HMS Shannon |
| Ordered: | 24 October 1803 |
| Builder: | Brindley, Frindsbury |
| Laid down: | August 1804 |
| Launched: | 5 May 1806 |
| Completed: | 3 August 1806 at Chatham Dockyard |
| Out of service: | Receiving ship in 1831 |
| Renamed: | HMS St Lawrence in 1844 |
| Honours and awards: |
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Shannon wh. Chesapeake" |
| Fate: | Breaking up completed by 12 November 1859 |
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| Class and type: | Leda-class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1,065 62⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 39 ft 11 3⁄8 in (12.176 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 11 in (3.94 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 330 |
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HMS Shannon was a 38-gun Leda-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806 and served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. She won a noteworthy naval victory on 1 June 1813, during the latter conflict, when she captured the American Navy's USS Chesapeake in a singularly bloody battle.
Josiah and Thomas Brindley built Shannon at Frindsbury in Kent and launched her on 5 May 1806. She spent her first seven years under the command of Captain Philip Broke, who was transferred from Druid and took command of Shannon in June that year.
Shannon was quickly put into service. She formed part of a squadron under Commodore Owen that was patrolling off the French port of Boulogne. On 8 October she took part in the bombardment of the town using Congreve rockets.
Her next task was sailing in 1807 with Meleager to protect the whale fishery off Greenland. Despite encountering ice on 7 May 1807, they were able to push through, reaching the southern part of Spitsbergen on 17 June. There the two ships surveyed the Bay of Magdalena, at a latitude of 80°N. They eventually reached a latitude of 80° 6' N before the ice stopped them. They then turned westwards and reached the coast of Greenland on 23 July. The island of Shannon is named after the ship. Shannon spent the early autumn cruising from Shetland. She then left, returning to Yarmouth by the end of September, where she cruised off the Downs. She put into Spithead on 28 September to refit.
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