Earl of Moira (Brig, 1805)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Brig, Earl of Moira (1805-1814);
b. Brig, Charwell (1814- )*
Nationality:: British (1805- )
Chronology:: 1. 7/29/1812, Sackets Harbor, part of the British attack fleet;
2. 11/00/1812, Lake Erie, captured by the Americans;

Notes

General notes:: *Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 312: She is listed as a sloop armed with 12 guns;
On Lake Ontario, 1812-1816, armed with (14) short 32 pounders;
1816, hauled up in the mud and condemned as unfit for service at Kingston, Ontario;
Macpherson list her as a schooner, altered to a brig in 1813; She was used as a powder vessel in 1816; 1827, used as accommodation vessel and finally sold in 1837;
Sources:: 1. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 136, 140, 143, 152, 154, 156, 167, 175, 194, 197, 209;
2. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 173;
3. Inland Seas, Summer 1967, Vol. 23, p. 142;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Schooner Days, #217;
6. Old Toronto, Henry Scudding, 1873;
7. Buffalo Gazette: 9/8/1812, 8/29/1812, 9/7/1813, 9/21/1813, 6/28/1814;
8. Kingston Gazette: 8/29/1812, 9/7/1813, 9/7/1816, 5/4/1817, 4/19/1817, 4/26/1817, 6/7/1817, 6/17/1817;
9. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 74, 312;
10. 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;

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