HMS Duke of Gloucester (1807)
HMS Duke of Gloucester (or Gloucester) was a 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy which was launched at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Ontario. A Provincial Marine vessel, during the War of 1812, the brig took part in several of the early engagements between British and American naval forces on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. While being repaired at York, Duke of Gloucester was captured by Americans in 1813. A month later the British destroyed the brig at the Battle of Sackett's Harbor.
Gloucester in 1813, drawn from a model | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Duke of Gloucester |
| Builder | Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Kingston |
| Launched | May 1807 |
| Fate | Captured on 25 April 1813 |
| United States | |
| Name | York |
| Acquired | Captured 25 April 1813 |
| In service | 25 April 1813 |
| Out of service | 29 May 1813 |
| Fate | Burned by the British on 29 May 1813 |
| Notes | Used as powder hulk |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 10-gun brig |
| Tons burthen | 165 (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | brig |
| Armament | 10 × 12-pounder guns |
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