HMS Duke of Gloucester (1807)
HMS Duke of Gloucester was a 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy which was launched at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Ontario. A Provincial Marine vessel, during the War of 1812, the brig took part in several of the early engagements between British and American naval forces on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. While being repaired at York, Duke of Gloucester was captured by Americans in 1813. A month later the British destroyed the brig at the Battle of Sackett's Harbor.
Gloucester in 1813, drawn from a model
The dismantled hull of Duke of Gloucester in early 1813 before her capture by the Americans, directly behind her are the masts of Prince Regent, at York, Upper Canada
Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard
The Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard from 1788 to 1853 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, at the site of the current Royal Military College of Canada.
Naval shipyard, Point Frederick, July 1815. Watercolour by Emeric Essex Vidal. Commodore's house and two ships under construction, the Canada and the Wolfe, can be seen in the background
Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard plaque at Royal Military College of Canada
Attack on Fort Oswego (May 1914), War of 1812
View of Kingston Naval Dockyard from Fort Henry 1820s.
