Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Wyandott (Sloop, 1778)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Wyandott
Year of Build:
1778
Rebuilt:
1. c.1782;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Sloop
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Ownership Notes:
British Government, (1778-1782);
Master(s):
Underston, Lieutenant, (1779); Gibson, William, (1782);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1778)
Hull Dimensions
1778
Length: 34' Width/Beam: 16' Depth: 6' 6"
1782
Length: 44' Width/Beam: 15' 6" Depth: 6'
Tonnage
1778
Gross: 37
1782
Gross: 47
History
Classification:
a. Sloop, Wyandott (1778- )*
Nationality:
British (1778- )
Chronology:

1. 5/00/1780, Lake Huron, reported ashore, **

Notes
General notes:
*Referred to as "Wyandot", "Wyandott", "Windate", "Wyandall";
7/30/1778, she is on the stocks being built on Lake Erie;
Beers says she was built in 1779, and was 47 gross tons;
Wisconsin Historical Collection, Vol. XI, p. 199 says she is on the stocks to be armed with four swivel guns;
**She is reported on the beach about 60 miles on the east shore in Lake Huron, crew and cargo are safe; In another report the distance given on the east shore is 80 miles; Telescope, Vol. 31, Number 4, July - August: says she was not ashore, but was hauled out of the water for the winter and was refloated the next season;
Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 24, p. 12: List of his Majesty's vessels on Lake Erie, 1783, has the "Wyandot" built at Detroit in 1778, and 37 tons;
Wisconsin Historical Collection, N-41, p.47, list her at 37 tons in 1790;
7 men with 4 swivels, 46 muskets.
Sources:
1. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 279;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 9, p. 582, 585; Vol. X, p. 618; Vol. 24, p. 4, 12;
4. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p.121;
5. Wisconsin Historical Collections, Vol. XI, p. 189, 199, 200;
6. Wisconsin Historical Collection, N-41, p.47;
7. Telescope, Vol. 31, Number 4, July - August, p. 98;
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;
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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