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Properly handled, Victory wins with shear firepower. She could throw 1,100 lbs of shot a broadside compared to Constitution's 700. Depends, also, on when they meet. For a time Victory carried 42 pounders which could do a lot of damage; that is, provided, the seas where moderate enough so the lower deck gun ports could be opened to fire them. As mentioned, weather would have been a factor; in moderate winds, the Victory would have been a hard pressed to protect its stern, which American frigates seemed to favor over duking it out broadside to broadside.
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