Sir George Prevost (Naval Vessel, 1813)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Kingston, Ontario*
Vessel Type:: Naval Vessel
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: John Dernus & Joseph Dernus
Ownership Notes:: British Government, (1813-1816);
Master(s):: Yeo, J. L., (1813); Richardson, (1814)***; Popham, S., (1814); Collier, Edward, (1816);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Ship, Sir George Prevost (1813-1813)**;
b. Ship, Wolfe (1813-1814);
c. Ship, Montreal (1814- )
Nationality:: British (1813- )

Notes

General notes:: *Built at Point Frederick;
**She was launched as Sir George Prevost, but name was changed to Wolfe before her first voyage.
***When the British captured Oswego, New York, Captain Richardson lost an arm during the attack.
She was armed with four, 68 pounders, ten, 32 pounders, one, 24 pounder and eight, 18 pounders; Her draft was
13'6" and she carried a crew of 220 men.
Macpherson list her as a schooner, altered to a brig; Launched 4/28/1813, armed with twenty two guns; Renamed
"Wolfe", 1813; Rebuilt as a transport vessel; 1817, in ordinary; Was ordered broken up at Kingston, Ontario, but was reordered sold in 1831; Presumed rotted and sunk at Kingston, Ontario;
Sources:: 1. John Poole's notes;
2. Henry Scudding, Old Toronto, 1873;
3. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 153. 154, 194, 195, 297, 207, 281;
4. Buffalo Gazette: 8/24/1813, 10/19/1813, 11/9/1813, 6/28/1814;
5. Kingston Gazette: 8/17/1813, 9/7/1816;
6. 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;
7. Inland Seas, Summer 1967, Vol. 23, p. 142;
8. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 173;
9. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 15, p. 312;
10, Schooner Days, #138;

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