HMS Guerriere was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, which had previously sailed with the French Navy as the Guerrière. She became famous for her fight against USS Constitution.
Her career with the French included a sortie with the Duguay-Trouin in 1803, in which they were forced to make an escape from a British ship which encountered them. They were harried by British forces of varying strengths during their journey back to port and ...
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