Halifax, Province House
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2836436)
Lithograph; By L. Haghe, after John Christian Schetky; C. 1813. HMS Shannon commencing battle with the USS Chesapeake. The image depicts the naval engagement between the British frigate HMS Shannon and the American frigate USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812. The battle took place off Boston Harbor on 1 June 1813. The battle was a short, bloody confrontation that lasted only about 15 minutes and resulted in a British victory. The British captain, Philip Broke, had emphasized gunnery training for his crew, which proved decisive in disabling the Chesapeake. The American captain, James Lawrence, was mortally wounded during the fight and famously issued the dying command, “Don’t give up the ship!”. The capture of the American ship provided a much-needed morale boost for the British navy.
Blomefield Cast Iron 12-pounder Smoothbore Muzzleloading Gun, weight corroded, under the cascabel, The Carron Company of Falkirk, Scotland (Serial No. corroded, CARRON, 1807) on the left trunnion, King George III cypher, mounted on a wooden naval gun carriage on the West side of the Provincial Legislative Building. This gun came from HMS Shannon which fought and captured USS Chesapeake in the War of 1812.
Cast Iron possible 12-pounder Smoothbore Muzzleloading Gun, no cypher, no markings, mounted on a wooden naval gun carriage on the East side of the Provincial Legislative Building. This gun was taken as a war prize from the USS Chesapeake in the War of 1812.
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2895982)
Lithograph Print; By Louis Haghe after John Christian Schetky; C. 1830. HMS Shannon battles with the American frigate Chesapeake, 1 June 1813.
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2837818)
Lithograph Print; By Louis Haghe after John Christian Schetky; C. 1830. HMS Shannon captures the American frigate Chesapeake, 1813.