Engagements on Lake Ontario
The Engagements on Lake Ontario encompass the prolonged naval contest for control of the lake during the War of 1812. Few actions were fought, none of which had decisive results. The contest essentially became a naval building race, sometimes referred to sarcastically as the "Battle of the Carpenters."
| Engagements on Lake Ontario | |||||
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| Part of the War of 1812 | |||||
Governor Simcoe pursued by American ships off Kingston, Upper Canada | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| United Kingdom | United States | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| James Lucas Yeo | Isaac Chauncey | ||||
| Strength | |||||
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1 first rate ship of the line 2 frigates 6 sloops and brigs 4 schooners and gunboats |
2 frigates 6 sloops and brigs 12 schooners and gunboats | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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1 sloop destroyed 2 brigs destroyed 1 brig captured |
1 brig destroyed 2 schooners sunk 2 schooners captured | ||||
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