USS General Pike was a corvette in the United States Navy, which took part in Engagements on Lake Ontario during the Anglo-American War of 1812. She was launched in June 1813 and took part in several indecisive battles on the Great Lakes. She was laid up at the end of the war and was sold in 1825.
Sail plan of USS General Pike
Engagements on Lake Ontario
The Engagements on Lake Ontario encompass the prolonged naval contest for control of the lake during the War of 1812. Few actions were fought, none of which had decisive results. The contest essentially became a naval building race, sometimes referred to sarcastically as the "Battle of the Carpenters."
Governor Simcoe pursued by American ships off Kingston, Upper Canada
On 6 November, Commodore Issac Chauncey pursued HMS Royal George to Kingston, before his squadron was beaten off by other gunboats and British shore batteries.
HMS Isaac Brock under construction at York. The British began building two corvettes in an effort to counterbalance the American shipbuilding effort.
The American naval squadron off the shoreline of York, Upper Canada during the Battle of York, on 27 April. The naval squadron proved effective supporting troops landing by boat.
