Talk:Capture of USS Chesapeake

message: Why do I continually see this everywhere? Not 7 years before this blip of a war the Royal Navy had arguably (or in fact had won) the most decisive battle in the Age of Sale. Losing a couple of fifth rates was not something out of the ordinary, the French and Spanish had managed it and it was widely known that the Constitution and all the other US frigates were much larger and more heavily armed than their British opponents (not to mention getting on for double the amount of crew). I guess this is the side effect of this war being almost entirely ignored by British historians and left to American authors to have a free reign over.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.194.0.223 (talk) 17:19, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It is far more complex subject than you are allowing.  No nation had strung up much of a record against the British Navy before that.  It isn't an American opinion, perhaps I might direct your attention to the British press at the time.  As for the crew size, or the 44's against the 38's.  Point of fact that the Royal Navy had 40 gun frigates mounting 24 lb guns, and both the Leander and Newcastle were both 50 gun frigates with 24 lb guns, both in the area of operations, at 12 men per gun and 54 guns brings one to a sizable crew.  These were not jousting contests, these were national instruments of war in a deadly serious business.  It would not have occurred to any Captain to pass on taking a smaller ship.  In the case of the the win's of the United States and both of the victories of the Constitution, the British Commanders were so certain of victory they raced up to take on a superior foe.  This battle was more interesting as they sides were almost exactly the same size but unfortunately for the Chesapeake, the Shannon was much better trained and ready to fight.  As for American editors, sorry this was mostly written by your editors.  Badly written by the way and looks like a fan-boy article rather than staying with the facts which were far more interesting.  Perhaps next time you decide to blast away I would suggest that you check your facts and get an account.  Sorry opinions and sorry statements don't carry much weight.Tirronan (talk) 15:22, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shaken morale of the Royal Navy?

message: The text in this article once copied into The Fortune of War was deleted in this revision of that article:    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Fortune_of_War&diff=next&oldid=378765348 
The 'on this day' box on this page (and at The Fortune of War talk page) can be removed, as the two articles are no longer linked in that way. --Prairieplant (talk) 04:21, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  on this day link to The Fortune of War not needed since Sept 2010 

message: As can be seen from the above discussion, and can be viewed in the edit history, this article was greatly extended, rewritten and improved by me, a user of British English. It was promoted to GA status as a direct result of my efforts. Whilst I assert no degree of ownership of the article, I reject any expression asserting a primacy for the use of American English in this article, and any changes to the variety of English used. The article is not about a US ship, there is a separate article on the ship itself (USS Chesapeake (1799), which is written in American English), it is about a battle between a US and a British ship, which the British won. I believe that all the articles on the American naval victories of the War of 1812 are written in American English, and I would not seek to change this. Please extend the same courtesy to this article. Urselius (talk) 07:53, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of British English in this article 

message: I want to add this image adjacent to the last para of "The British board". When I insert "thumb", it is blank.
File:W Elmes, The Brilliant Achievement of the Shannon ... in Boarding and Capturing the United States Frigate Chesapeake off Boston, June 1st 1813 in Fifteen Minutes (1813).jpg|W_Elmes,_The_Brilliant_Achievement_of_the_Shannon_..._in_Boarding_and_Capturing_the_United_States_Frigate_Chesapeake_off_Boston,_June_1st_1813_in_Fifteen_Minutes_(1813) Humpster (talk) 00:18, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: You've inserted the file name twice, which is likely why it is not showing properly. The syntax is thumb|caption. If you want more help, change the  back into a , stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 12:21, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

text: I have removed hard-coding of image sizes as a number of pixels. It is far better to just use a generic control such as "thumb" and let the software decide how many pixels that means, because what is a suitable size for one device may be unsuitable for another device. JBW (talk) 12:27, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image problem 

message: The "Battle of Boston Harbor" is only mentioned once, as an alternative name, and that occurrence is unsourced. If there is not even one source for this usage, it should be removed. Humpster (talk) 00:43, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battle of Boston Harbor