![]() ![]() In the early summer of 1813, Captain Philip Broke of the H. And yet, navies exist to fight and the British gained their first major victory at sea in the war in a battle that by some measures never should have happened. Similarly, the British were meant to focus on the blockade, not battles. He did not forbid military engagement with the British navy, but the intention was clearly to avoid major sea battles that could devastate the smaller American navy. The Royal Navy never devoted enough ships to accomplish that end, and what ships did enforce the blockade endured hard use and had to return to England for any major repairs.Įarly in 1813, United States Secretary of the Navy William Jones ordered American ships to patrol the Atlantic individually in an effort to interfere with British commercial traffic. ![]() commercial and military traffic completely. The blockade interrupted but did not shut down U.S. ![]() Over the course of 1813, the British navy under the direction of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren extended its blockade of American ports up the coast, stopping just short of New England. Boarding of the Chesapeake (1916) Shannon - Chesapeake ![]()
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