Historedia
Person

Thomas Truxtun

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1799

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Thomas Truxtun, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente

    1799

    Role: Captain of USS Constellation

    1. 9 February 1799 · About 18 miles northeast of Nevis, Caribbean SeaUSS Constellation captures L'Insurgente off Nevis

      Constellation spotted L'Insurgente northeast of Nevis at midday and captured the fleeing French frigate after an action in which her 12-pounders proved ineffective.

Sources

  1. USS Constellation (1797) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13