HMS Shannon (1806)

HMS Shannon (1806)

Upper deck: 28 x 18-pounder guns
QD: 8 x 9-pounder guns + 14 x 32-pounder carronades

Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades

HMS Shannon was a 38-gun Leda-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806 and served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. She won a noteworthy naval victory on 1 June 1813, during the latter conflict, when she captured the American Navy's USS Chesapeake in a singularly bloody battle.