208 Naval War of 1812 



The loss of the two navies at each other's hands 

 during the four years was : 



English Ships French Ships 



i i6-gun brig 3 line-of-battle ships 



i i2-gun brig n frigates 



i lo-gun cutter 2 26-gun flutes 



2 i6-gun brigs 

 i i logun brig 



many gunboats, etc. 



Or one navy lost three vessels, mounting 38 guns, 

 and the other 19 vessels, mounting 830 guns. 



During the same time the English lost to Danes 

 one 14-gun brig, and destroyed in return a frigate of 

 46 guns, a 6-gun schooner, a 4-gun cutter, two 

 galiots and several gun-brigs. 



In the above lists it is to be noticed how many 

 of the engagements were indecisive, owing chiefly 

 to the poor gunnery of the combatants. The fact 

 that both the Eurotas and the Amelia, though more 

 powerfully armed and manned than the Hebrus, yet 

 failed to capture the sister ships of the frigate taken 

 by the latter, shows that heavy metal and a numer 

 ous crew are not the only elements necessary for 

 success; indeed the Eurotas and Amelia were as 

 superior in force to their antagonists as the Consti 

 tution was to the Java. 



But the chief point to be noticed is the over 

 whelming difference in the damage the two navies 

 caused each other. This difference was, roughly, 

 as five to one against the Danes, and as fifty to one 



