Who say "Don't give up the ship!" ?

Answer 1

James Lawrence (October 1, 1781 – June 4, 1813) was an American naval hero. During the War of 1812, he commanded the USS Chesapeake in a single-ship action against the HMS Shannon (commanded by Philip Broke). He is probably best known today for his dying command "Don't give up the ship!", which is still a popular naval battle cry.

Lawrence was born in Burlington, New Jersey, the son of John and Martha (Tallman) Lawrence. His mother died when he was an infant and his Loyalist father fled to Canada during the American Revolution, leaving his half-sister to care for him. Though he studied law, he entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1798.

During the Quasi-War with France, he served in the ship USS Ganges and frigate USS Adams in the Caribbean. He was commissioned a lieutenant on April 6, 1802 and served aboard USS Enterprise in the Mediterranean, taking part in a successful attack on enemy craft on 2 June 1803.

In February 1804, he was second in command during the expedition to destroy the captured frigate USS Philadelphia. Later in the conflict he commanded Enterprise and a gunboat in battles with the Tripolitans. He was also First Lieutenant of the frigate Adams and, in 1805, commanded the small Gunboat Number 6 during a voyage across the Atlantic to Italy.

Subsequently, Lieutenant Lawrence commanded the warships USS Vixen, USS Wasp and USS Argus. In 1810, he also took part in trials of an experimental spar torpedo. Promoted to the rank of Master Commandant in November 1810, he took command of the sloop of war USS Hornet a year later and sailed her to Europe on a diplomatic mission. From the beginning of the War of 1812, Lawrence and Hornet cruised actively, capturing the privateer Dolphin in July 1812. Later in the year Hornet blockaded the British sloop HMS Bonne Citoyenne at Bahia, Brazil, and on 24 February 1813 captured HMS Peacock.


USS Chesapeake by F. Muller. US Navy Art CollectionUpon his return to the United States in March, Lawrence learned of his promotion to Captain. Two months later he took command of the frigate USS Chesapeake, then preparing for sea at Boston, Massachusetts. She left port on 1 June 1813 and immediately engaged the blockading Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon in a fierce battle. Although slightly smaller, accurate gunfire from the British ship disabled Chesapeake within a first few minutes. Captain Lawrence, mortally wounded by small arms fire, ordered "Don't give up the ship" as he was carried below. However, his crew was overwhelmed by a British boarding party shortly afterwards. James Lawrence died of his wounds on 4 June 1813, while Chesapeake was being taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia, by her captors.

He was buried with military honors in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but reinterred at Trinity Church in New York City. He left behind a wife and daughter.

Answer 2

Captain James Lawrence - in 1813 he was in command of the U.S.S. Chesapeake and took on the British Frigate H.M.S. Shannon outside Boston Harbor. In the end, the Chesapeake was shot to pieces by the superior British guns and was lost. As Lawrence was dying, he supposedly uttered the last words "Tell the men to fire faster - Fight till she sinks - boys, don't give up the ship."
The Americans lost the battle and had to surrender the Chesapeake, but Lawrence's words became legendary.
It is often believed that Commodore Perry came up with the phrase, but he did have Lawrence's words - "Don't Give Up the Ship" - sewn onto a battle flag.

Answer 3

Hello. The quote mostly becomes famous in the American War of 1812, The Battle of Lake Erie. Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry had said it.
It is a famous battle flag, also. Perry's original flagship, The Lawrence, was badly damaged, and he transferred command to the Brig Niagra. From the Niagra, he won the Battle of Lake Erie, against the British. The city of Erie, Pennsylvania often flies the blue flag with the quote "Don't Give Up the Ship" from the mast of the Niagra, commerorating that battle.

Answer 4

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Don't Give Up the Ship" Flag from War of 1812

The original quote that became the popular naval battle cry was "Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship." This was shouted by Captain James Lawrence, Commander of the Chesapeake, after he was mortally wounded near Boston Harbor

Answer 5

Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship." This was shouted by Captain James Lawrence, Commander of the Chesapeake, after he was mortally wounded near Boston Harbor.

Answer 6

This was shouted by Captain James Lawrence, Commander of the Chesapeake, after he was mortally wounded near Boston Harbor.

Answer 7

Its WHO...


'Who' Say "Don't give up the ship!" ?

Answer 8

Startrek Captain kirk LOL

Answer 9

The Captain of the ship thats who, unless your referring to that lame a.s.s. pirates of the caribbean

Answer 10

i dont know, but the band "scatterbrain' said "I dont wanna go down with the ship!"