This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. victories as the USS Constitution’s defeat and capture of HMS Guerriere in a ship-to-ship battle in August, 1812. Their value was evident in such initial U.S.
In contrast, America’s navy had seven frigates that were relatively new, fairly big, well-armed and manned by motivated, well-trained volunteer crews. The Royal Navy ships initially sent to blockade American ports were “not their best ones and not manned by their most experienced crews, many of whom had been forced or impressed into service,” Suthren says.
With so much at stake in Europe, the “American war was a trifling, tedious distraction,” says Andrew Lambert, the British historian and author of War at Sea in the Age of Sail. “Even though the American ships were new and modern, they couldn’t stand up against the sheer power of the British fleet,” says Suthren.īut the Royal Navy’s sights were set primarily on Napoleon. navy had just 16 ships to the Royal Navy’s 400. The forces available to the two powers were extremely lopsided. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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