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Originally Posted by soopaman2
He's got a point. 
Taking advantage of our weak navy is so manly. (edit: Best navy in the world versus the newest nation with one maybe 2 shipyards) We did great IMHO
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You do realize that Royal Navy was much more heavily concerned with the French Navy during this time period and the time period leading up to The War of 1812.So it was not as David vs. Goliath as you claim.The US Navy was not facing the entire Royal Navy.The US Navy won some naval battles but also got soundly stomped in others and generally speaking both navies performed fairly well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Third_Coalition Edit: I meant this link;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars
Of 41ish
naval battles the US won 24 the UK won 13 though if you read of the numbers involved in each battle several where very much in one side or the others favor(no wonder they won) many where a single ship vs. a single ship as well.Both sides also won battles in which the odds where greatly stacked against them as well. I would say that both the US Navy and the Royal Navy gave pretty good account of themselves all things considered.
Read about each one here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...he_War_of_1812
What is your opinion?after you read about each battle of course.