HMS Royal George (1809)

HMS Royal George (1809)

HMS "Royal George" was a British 20-gun wooden sloop of the Provincial Marine, and subsequently, the Royal Navy, operating on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.

She was launched at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Ontario, in July 1809. In November 1812, "Royal George" was the largest warship on the lake, operating under the command of British Commodore Hugh Earl (or "Earle"). On November 9 1812, she was intercepted by an American fleet of seven ships under the command of U.S. Commodore Isaac Chauncey, but managed to escape to the safety of her home harbour at Kingston.

She was renamed "Niagara" in 1814 and was sold in 1837.

See HMS "Royal George" for other ships of this name.

ee also

HMS Royal George was one of the ships of the Provincial Marine base in Kingston:

* HMS Wolfe, sloop of war
* HMS Duke of Gloucester, brig
* HMS Earl of Moira, schooner
* "Governor Simcoe", schooner

External links

* [http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/Warof1812/2006/Issue3/c_oswego.html The War of 1812 Magazine]


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