Adventure (Sloop, 1775)

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Notes

General notes:: *Cuthbertson says she was built in 1775;
**McGarvey was killed by an accidental musket shot at the River Rouge in 1782.
Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 24, p. 12: List of his Majesty's armed vessels on Lake Erie, 1783, has the Adventure built at Detroit in 1776, and 18 tons;
Telescope, Vol. 31, Number 4, July - August: says she was laid up in January, 1784; Final disposition unknown;
Macpherson list her built at Detroit, Michigan, 1780;
She was built for Lake Erie and was still in service in 1782. She carried 8 guns, 2 swivels and 6 muskets;
*The Wisconsin Historical Collections state that she was built at Detroit and carried 4 swivels in the year 1776.
History of the Great Lakes states that she was built in Detroit in 1776.
Sources:: 1. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 278;
2. Michigan Pioneer Collection, Vol. 10, p. 618; Vol. 20, p. 6; Vol. 24, p. 12, 14;
3. Wisconsin Historical Collection, Vol. XI, p. 187, 199;
4. Telescope, Vol. 31, Number 4, July - August, p. 95;
5. 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;
6. John Poole's notes;
7. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 121;

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