HMS Duke of Gloucester (1807)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Gloucester.
History
United Kingdom
Name: Duke of Gloucester
Builder: Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard, Ontario
Launched: May 1807
Fate:
  • Captured on 25 April 1813 by the Americans
  • Burned/destroyed by the British on 29 May 1813
Notes: Provincial Marine vessel
General characteristics
Type: 10-gun brig
Tons burthen: 165 (bm)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: brig
Armament: 10 x 12-pounder guns

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.

During the naval campaign in the War of 1812, Duke of Gloucester and HMS Growler engaged the U.S. schooner Julia at Sackets Harbour on 19 July 1812.[1]

She was being repaired at York when the Americans briefly captured the colonial capital in 1813 during the War of 1812. She was sailed away, but the British commanding officer, General Roger Hale Sheaffe, ordered that a larger sloop-of-war being constructed at the shipyard, HMS Sir Isaac Brock, was to be torched during the British retreat from York. This prevented the Americans from seizing the ship. Duke of Gloucester was herself destroyed by the British a month later on 29 May 1813 in the Battle of Sackett's Harbor.

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References

  1. ↑ "Fort George National Historic Site: The Onset of War - The 1812 Campaign". Parks Canada. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

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