Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Catherine (Schooner, 1803)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Catherine
Also known as:
HMS Sauk; Somers
Year of Build:
1803
Rebuilt:
1. 1808, Black Rock, New York, Sheldon Thompson;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Black Rock, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Sheldon Thompson & Sill
Ownership Notes:
United States Navy, (1812-1814); British Navy, (1814);
Master(s):
Lieutenant Conckling, (1812); Almy, Thomas, (1813);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1803)
Tonnage
1803
Gross: 98
1808
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Catherine (1803-1812);
b. Schooner, Somers (1812-1814);
c. Schooner, HMS Sauk (1814- )*
Nationality:
American (1803-1814); Canada (1814- );
Chronology:
1. 11/1/1811, Lake Erie, damaged in a storm and repaired;
2. 8/12/1813, was in Perry's fleet during the battle with the British on Lake Erie;
3. 9/11-12/1814, captured by a British boarding party at the mouth of the Niagara River and renamed the HMS
Sauk;
4. She was used by the British Provincial Marine and was noted as being in ordinary in 1817.
Notes
General notes:
*She is listed under the name "Sauk" in an 1813 list of Canadian vessels, which contradicts her being named by the British renaming her in 1814. (Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 312);
According to one source, she carried two 12 pounders in the battle of Lake Erie, but the Buffalo Gazette of 10/5/1813, says she carried two long 24 pounders and two swivels; George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, page 181, says that in 1813 she was armed with one 12 pounder and one short 32 pounder;
During April of 1814, she was used by the Americans in an attack on Long Point, Ontario, Lake Erie;
John Poole notes that she was in Kingston, Ontario in 1815 and later sold to deliver supplies for the Indians;
The 1967 summer issue of Inland Seas notes that in 1816, the Sauk was used principally to transport men and supplies.
Macpherson list her built at Black Rock in 1809, armed with two guns;
8/11/1814, captured by British boarding party at mouth of Niagara River & renamed HMS Sauk; used in British provincial marine.
1817, she was In ordinary;
8/12/1812, vessel was named as being in Perry's fleet & in the battle on Lake. Erie; 2 guns (12 powders);
Sources:
1. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1, page 132;
2. John Poole's Notes;
3. Buffalo Gazette: 11/5/1811, 10/5/1813, 4/19/1814, 4/26/1814, 8/16/1814;
4. Kingston Gazette: 9/23/1813, 11/6/1813, 9/9/1814;
5. Inland Seas, Summer, 1967, Vol. 23, No. 2, page 142;
6. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 312;
7. Gerard T. Altoff, A Signal Victory, The Lake Erie Campaign 1812-1813, p. 100;
8. K. R. Macpherson, List of Vessels Employed on British Naval Service on the Great Lakes, 1755-1875, Ontario Historical
Society, September, 1963, Vol. LV, p. 174;
Contact
Contact
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