Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Detroit (Naval Vessel, 1813)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Detroit
Year of Build:
1813
Rebuilt:
1. 1835,;
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Amherstburg, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Naval Vessel
Additional vessel types:
Bark
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Ownership Notes:
Brown, (1825)*; Walker, George H., (1836-1837); Cook, Thomas, (1836); Burton, William, (1836); Hubbard & Company, (1837),; Rutler, Solomon, (1837); Treat & Carter, (1837); Niles, Jr., George, (1835-1837);
Master(s):
Barclay, R. H., (1813); Niles, Jr., George, (1836); Rutler, Solomon, (1837);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1813)
Hull Dimensions
1835
Length: 96' 2" Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11' 1"
Tonnage
1813
Gross: 480
1835
Gross: 244 + 41/95
Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Buffalo 8-2-1836
August 2, 1836
   Port: Buffalo Number: 42 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-25-1837
View document online
September 25, 1837
   Port: Detroit Number: 48 of 1837
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Corvette, Detroit (1813-1835);
b. Bark, Detroit (1835-1841)
Nationality:
British (1813-1813); American (1813-1841)
Chronology:
1. 9/10/1813, South Bass Island, Lake Erie, captured and burned by American forces;**
2. 00/00/1835, Misery Bay, Erie Pennsylvania, raised and resold;***
3. 1841, Niagara Falls, New York, set adrift loaded with wild animals as a "spectacle", but became caught in the
rapids and went to pieces;
Notes
General notes:
* Brown is from Rochester, New York;
**She was armed with nineteen long 24 pounders, and two howitzers, when captured. Immediately following the Battle of Lake Erie, she was turned into a hospital ship. The "Detroit" was taken to Erie, Pennsylvania as a war prize and was scuttled, in 1815, beside the "Lawrence" in Misery Bay. She was sold on July 12, 1825, but was not raised until 1835. In 1835, she was raised. Purchased by Captain George Niles, Jr., and rerigged as a bark, she sailed as a cargo carrier for the next five years. By 1839, she was laid up and condemned as unfit for service. In 1841, she was purchased by several hotel keepers who loaded her with wild animals and attempted to send her over the Niagara Falls as a "spectacle".
***In 1835, she is describe as having a gentlemen's cabin with 16 berths, a ladies cabin with 8 berths, steerage with 12 berths and 2 staterooms to accommodate a family.
Macpherson list her as a ship sloop, armed with eighteen guns;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
3. Commercial Advertiser & Journal (Buffalo): 2/24/1840, 4/2/1840, 5/19/1841, 7/7/1841, 8/28/1841,
9/16/1841, 9/14/1841;
4. Cleveland Weekly Advertiser: 1/20/1835, 9/17/1835, 8/25/1836, 9/13/1839;
5. Black Rock Advocate: 5/5/1836;
6. Buffalo Whig: 1/28/1835;
7. Cobourg Star: 7/27/1836;
8. John Poole's notes;
9. Schooner Days: #213;
10. Detroit Free Press: 7/7/1836;
11. Kingston Gazette: 11/6/1813;
12. Buffalo Gazette: 9/28/1813, 10/5/1813, 5/3/1814, 7/25/1815;
13. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 334;
14. 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
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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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