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USS Detroit (I)

Sloop-of-War:

Built in January 1813 by the British at Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard, Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada

Launched, July 1813

Commissioned HMS Detroit in August 1813

Captured by the Americans during the Battle of Lake Erie, 10 September 1813

Detroit was commissioned into the United States Navy, however, she was so damaged that the sloop took no further part in the war

Detroit was so badly damaged that she was taken into Put-in-Bay, OH. to prevent her sinking

She was sunk for preservation at Misery Bay off Presque Isle

She was sold in 1825, refloated and converted for commercial service in 1833

Final Disposition In 1841, Detroit was reduced to a hulk at Buffalo, New York where she was purchased with the intent of sending her over Niagara Falls

The plan went awry and ex-Detroit ran aground on a shoal before the falls and broke up

Specifications:
Displacement 305 t. burdened
Length 92.6'
Beam 26'
Depth 11'
Draft 12'
Speed unknown
Complement 150

Armament

four 12 pdr long guns

sixteen 24 pdr carronades
Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
098633102	23k	Photo of an original painting of HMS Detroit, by the artist E.A Hodgkinson.		Robert Hurst
	129k	Painting "Ship - *Detroit* - Battle of Lake Eire ~1819~		Tommy Trampp

USS Detroit (I)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Battle of Lake Erie - Building the Fleet in the Wilderness

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