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DoomGoober t1_iy77l9h wrote

Reply to comment by Sdog1981 in TIL that after the battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, the captain of the Constitution, Isaac Hull, refused the sword of surrender from the captain of the Guerriere, James Richard Dacre, saying he could not accept it from a man who fought so gallantly by alcapwnage0007

56 gun versus 44 gun. Guerriere engaged in a nose punching fight and Constitution, unsurprisingly, won.

However, the fact that Constitution pretty much completely demasted Guerriere also may mean Constitution used chain shot and got lucky early.

But other than that... Not a smart fight on Guerriere's part.

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