Harper's new monthly magazine . squadron under CaptainBroke, whose flag-ship was the Shannon, challenged Lawrence to come out andfight him. The challenge Avas accepted, in spiteof the remonstrances of experienced officers, be- * David Porter was bom in Boston on the 1st of Febru-ary, 17S0. He entered the navy as a midshipman at theage of nineteen years, on board the Constellation. In thecapture of V Insurgente his gallantry was conspicuous,and he was promoted to Lieutenant. He was with Bain-bridge in the Mediterranean, and suffered imprisonmentat Tripoli. He was in command of a flotil
Harper's new monthly magazine . squadron under CaptainBroke, whose flag-ship was the Shannon, challenged Lawrence to come out andfight him. The challenge Avas accepted, in spiteof the remonstrances of experienced officers, be- * David Porter was bom in Boston on the 1st of Febru-ary, 17S0. He entered the navy as a midshipman at theage of nineteen years, on board the Constellation. In thecapture of V Insurgente his gallantry was conspicuous,and he was promoted to Lieutenant. He was with Bain-bridge in the Mediterranean, and suffered imprisonmentat Tripoli. He was in command of a flotilla at New Or-leans when Avar Avas declared in 1S12. He was promotedto captain, and served gallantly through the war. Afterhis return from the Pacific he aided in the defense of Bal-timore. In 1817 he commanded a squadron sent to the Gulfof Mexico, to suppress the pirates there. He left the navyin 182G, and was afterward appointed Minister to Constan-tinople. He died there in March, 1843. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. THE CHESAPEAKE AND SHANNON. cause the Chesapeake was not in a condition tocope with the enemy. Lawrence sailed out to meet Broke during theforenoon of the 1st of June. A severe engage-ment was opened between five and six oclock inthe evening. They became entangled, and inthis condition the Shannon raked the Chesapeaketerribly. At this point in the conflict Lawrencereceived a mortal wound, and was carried below,saying in substance to his officers, Dont give up the ship! Other officers were struck down,until no one above a midshipman was to be seenon the quarter-deck. Perceiving this, CaptainBroke ordered his boarders forward. The im-perfect orders to the boarders of the Chesapeakeproduced confusion. Added to this, some trai-torous malcontents had removed the gratings ofthe berth-deck, and the capture of the ship wasmade easy. Lieutenant Watts of the Shannonpulled down the colors of the Chesapeake.
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