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the sloop. Bingham veered three times to foil the
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Americans continued to refuse to pay reparations, pointing out that the British had failed to make reparations after the Chesapeake–Leopard affair.
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336:. History is not sure who fired first, both sides claiming the other had fired initially. This action was the eponymous "Little Belt affair". British captain
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1186:Cooke, William Bernard; Cooke, George (1822).
1087:Marshall (1829), Supplement, Part 3, pp.50-54.
719:was paid off later that year. She was sold at
1222:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
470:in November 1810. Bingham then sailed her to
329:, which had recently impressed a sailor from
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1361:Stephen Decatur: A Life Most Bold and Daring
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1387:Naval Chronicle, Vol. 26, pp. 37-38
1363:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
1333:. London: John Murray. p. 242.
618:, which had recently been observed
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855:. 16 September 1807. p. 1232.
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1237:Gosset, William Patrick (1986).
1160:. 20 February 1813. p. 381.
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1330:A Naval Biographical Dictionary
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1108:James (1837), Vol. 6, pp.7-11.
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561:On the morning of 10 May, as
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1176:- accessed 30 November 2013.
1071:- accessed 30 November 2013.
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1319:O'Byrne, William R.
1189:Views on the Thames
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1152:"No. 16705"
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491:Little Belt
483:Little Belt
479:Little Belt
468:Little Belt
453:Little Belt
414:Little Belt
384:Little Belt
342:Little Belt
320:Little Belt
304:Little Belt
236:12 ft
143:Little Belt
83:Little Belt
39:Little Belt
1467:1801 ships
1441:Categories
1411:Lille Bælt
1207:References
831:18 October
620:impressing
449:San Joseph
445:Saint Malo
441:San Joseph
372:brig-sloop
354:let fregat
295:Royal Navy
280:chase guns
276:carronades
263:Complement
255:Propulsion
164:April 1808
106:In service
785:Citations
725:Battersea
702:Traveller
698:Traveller
683:Admiralty
642:President
638:President
632:President
624:President
615:Guerriere
602:Commodore
597:President
556:Guerriere
539:Guerriere
457:Wolverine
426:Wolverine
358:Lillebælt
326:Guerriere
324:HMS
318:fired on
315:President
299:post ship
290:Lillebælt
187:post ship
72:Lillebælt
43:President
1433:project.
1414:Archived
1321:(1849).
1259:(1837).
721:Deptford
487:Empressa
410:Neptunus
394:and the
333:Spitfire
307:. In a
271:Armament
149:Acquired
114:Captured
98:Launched
78:Namesake
1195:8 April
931:30 July
662:Halifax
578:frigate
552:Halifax
534:Bermuda
509:Empresa
496:Colibri
472:Halifax
400:Denmark
376:Calypso
367:Cruizer
245:⁄
202:⁄
185:20-gun
90:Builder
62:Denmark
51:History
1376:
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1289:3 July
1280:
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867:et al.
865:Paine
600:under
518:affair
418:Espion
388:strait
369:-class
348:Career
217:Length
925:(PDF)
910:(PDF)
739:Notes
667:Goree
507:sent
443:, of
392:Funen
258:Sails
1374:ISBN
1346:ISBN
1291:2008
1278:ISBN
1243:ISBN
1224:ISBN
1197:2018
933:2011
833:2009
712:Fate
613:HMS
611:for
595:USS
590:rake
546:and
432:Rhin
386:, a
331:USS
313:USS
302:HMS
225:Beam
196:460
169:Fate
141:HMS
138:Name
81:The
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37:HMS
398:in
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