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| Description | On 12 October 1800, USS Boston captured French frigate Le Berceau, one of the French ships that was plaguing the American coast. After a bloody engagement, Boston brought her prize back to the United States. Though condemned as a legitimate prize of war and sold to the United States government, Le Berceau was returned to France under the terms of the treaty concluded about two weeks before her capture. USS Boston captures the French frigate le Berceau, 12 October 1800. Line engraving after a drawing by J.O. Davidson, published in "A History of the United States Navy" by Edgar S. MacLay, New York, 1901 Edition. It depicts the height of the action, with the French frigate in the foreground. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 76555. |
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| Author | National Museum of the U.S. Navy |
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