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Originally Posted by Tribesman

Apart from the fact its a very poor attempt at fabrication .
For starers it sailed against French shipping , it refitted three times in that period in American ports , it defeated no british men of war (apart from one in a race as a bet between the two captains), it didn't capture and scuttle any British merchantment though it did detain one British ship by mistake which meant they had to release it and pay compensation for the disruption of the ships passage .

So subman , I know you have this thing with crazy conspiracies , but where on earth did you dig that tripe up from ?

Ahem.....check out the following naval ship histories:

HMS GUERRIERE
HMS JAVA
HMS CYANE
HMS LEVANT

Or simply visit here:

http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/history.htm