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Originally Posted by Karle94
Stating that the anyone kicked the Americans ass is kinda wrong. On land, neither the Brits nor the Americans kicked ass. On the high seas though, the Brits outnumbered the US navy 50-1. Not good odds. Still, the six frigates kicked some serious British ass. Especially the USS Constellation and the USS Constitution. I like the part where only ships of-the-line were allowed to attack an American frigate one-on-one. Otherwise, only sqadrons were allowed to attack an American frigate. That pretty much says it all.
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American "frigates" were armed more like a British 4th rate ship of the line than a frigate. Not a surprise that battle didn't go very well from britons point of view.
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