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Single-ship action

This is a list of notable single-ship actions and other events: Not complete yet

Russo-Swedish War:

1789 May 21 - Cutter Mercury under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Roman Crown captures Swedish 40-gun frigate Venus which, according to tradition, joins Russian navy under the same name.

War of 1812:

1812 August 19 - USS Constitution (Isaac Hull) defeats HMS Guerrière
1812 October 18 Virginia - USS Wasp (Jacob Jones) defeats HMS Frolic
1812 October 25 - USS United States (Stephen Decatur) captures HMS Macedonian
1812 December 29 - USS Constitution (Bainbridge) destroys HMS Java
1813 June 1 Boston Harbor - HMS Shannon captures USS Chesapeake (Lawrence). Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
1813 August 14 - HMS Pelican captures Allen's USS Argus
1813 September 3 - USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off New England Coast
1814 September 1 USS Wasp sinks HMS Avon
1815 February 20 - USS Constitution captures HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
1815 March 23 - USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin

1853 November 17 (November 5) - Russian frigatte Vladimir captures Turkish frigatte Pervaz Bahri on the Black Sea (first battle of steam ships)
1864 June 19 Cherbourg - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama off Cherbourg
1870 November 7 - French aviso Bouvet fights with German gunboat Meteor off Cuba
1879 May 21 - Iquique Naval Combat - Huáscar sinks Esmeralda

World War One:

1914 September 14 - British auxiliary cruiser Carmania sinks German auxiliary cruiser Cap Trafalgar near the Canary Islands
1914 November 9 - HMAS Sydney sinks SMS Emden at the Cocos Islands

World War Two:

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