USS Niagara (1813)
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USS Niagara, commonly called the U.S. Brig Niagara or the Flagship Niagara, is a wooden-hulled snow-brig that served as the relief flagship for Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie during th
US Brig Niagara near Put-in-Bay, Ohio in June 2009
Brig Niagara firing its cannons, off of Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Battle of Lake Erie, Ballou's Pictorial 1856
Painting by William Henry Powell depicting Perry's transfer to Niagara during the Battle of Lake Erie.
Snow (ship)
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In sailing, a snow, snaw or snauw is a square-rigged vessel with two masts, complemented by a snow- or trysail-mast stepped immediately abaft the main mast.
USS Niagara (1813)
…USS Niagara, commonly called the U.S. Brig Niagara or the Flagship Niagara, is a wooden-hulled snow-brig[b] that served as the relief flagship for Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. As the ship is certified for sail…
1759 painting of a Royal Navy snow in two positions by Charles Brooking
The "snow-brig" USS Niagara (center) in 1913