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Podcast: The Mariner's Mirror Podcast
Episode: Great Sea Fights 6: USS Constitution v HMS Guerriere 1812. Part 4 - The Single Ship Actions of 1812
Description: In this, the sixth episode of our Great Sea Fights series, we explore the remarkable events of 19 August 1812 when the powerful frigate USS Constitution fought and destroyed the British frigate HMS Guerriere in one of the greatest shocks to the Royal Navy in its history and one of the most ferocious single-ship actions ever fought. It is an extraordinary story: how did the United States get to a stage where not only could they build and maintain ships but compete with - and in the case of this battle triumph over - ships from the world’s largest navy wi...