 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 18071809 nhare yakavakwazve zvizere nemabwe, iine huwandu hwezvombo makumi matatu nemabharaki emakambani maviri, sechikamu chechipiri chehurongwa hwekusimbiswa kweUS. Rusvingo rwomugungwa rwokudzivirira rwakasimbiswa kusvika pakukwirira kwemamita 12 uye ukobvu hwemamita 20. Rutivi rwokumabvazuva norwokuchamhembe rwakanga rwatarira mukati rwakaramba ruchitevedzera nhare ine nyeredzi. Ravelin yakawedzerwa kurutivi rwokumabvazuva rweimba huru kuti iwedzere kusimbisa nhare mukugadzirira kurwiswa kwepasi. Mukuwedzera, izvi zvakapa dziviriro inodiwa kuhofisi yevakuru, yakashandiswa seShell House munguva yeHondo yeVanhu iyo yakashandawo sechikamu chepakati pemadziro ekumabvazuva. Zvombo zveimba yacho zvaisanganisira zvombo zvipfumbamwe zvepaundi gumi nesere zvine hupfu hwakawanda hwepfuti, pfuti, uye zvombo. Kunyange zvazvo Fort Norfolk pachayo isina kumboona kurwisana, yakanga iri mubasa munguva yeHondo ya1812. Cheni refu yakatambanudzirwa kubva kuFort Norfolk kuenda kuFort Nelson kuitira kudzivisa British Fleet kurwisa Gosport Navy Yard, Norfolk, uyekana Portsmouth. Munguva yeHondo ya1812, varwi vakanga vari paFort Norfolk vakatumirwa kunosimbisa kuzvidzivirira paCraney Island uye vakatora chikamu muHondo yeCraney Island. Kunyange zvazvo vaBritain vakadzingwa muhondo iyoyo uye vasina kupinda muNorfolk, vakaenderera mberi vachienda kuChesapeake Bay kunopisa Washington, D.C.uye vakakundikana kurwisa Baltimore, sezvo kwakanga kusina nhare dzairinda muromo wegungwa panguva iyoyo. 