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| | Houghton Mifflin Electronic Publishing - Ships Of The World by Lincoln P. Paine |
 | | It soon transpired that they were in fact HMS Africa (64 guns), the frigates Shannon, Guerriere (38s), Belvedira (36), and Aeolus (32), and the recently captured U.S. brig, Nautilus (12), under command of Captain Sir Philip Broke. |
 | | En route to join USS Essex and Hornet in the South Pacific, on December 29, 1812, Constitution was off the coast of Brazil in 13 minutes six minutes South, 31 degrees West, when she encountered HMS Java (38 guns) under Captain Henry Lambert. |
 | | She forced both ships to strike and both ships were taken as prizes, though Levant was recaptured by a British squadron on March 11. |
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