Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Onondaga (Snow, 1759)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Onondaga
Year of Build:
1759
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Niagara, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Snow
Hull Materials:
Wood
Master(s):
Loring, (1760);
Tonnage
1759
History
Classification:
a. Snow, Onondaga (1759-1764)**
Nationality:
British (1759-1764)
Chronology:

1. 00/00/1764, Lake Ontario, ashore and wrecked;

Notes
General notes:
*The British built her out of materials left by the French after the capture of Fort Niagara. It is possible that this vessel was started at Fort Niagara in 1759, but was completed at Oswego, New York, the following year. This would account for some researchers saying she was built in 1860;
**Sometimes referred to as "Onedago";
She was armed with 18 guns and in service on Lake Ontario in 1760;
Macpherson list her armed with twenty two guns;
Sources:
1. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 101-104, 277;
2. Wisconsin Historical Collection, Vol. XI, p. 198;
3. 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
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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