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Governor Tompkins

Schooner

Purchased in October 1812 as the merchant ship Charles & Ann

Renamed Governor Tompkins

The schooner sailed with COMO. Chauncey's squadron, 8 November 1812, providing transport and supporting fire during the Army landings on Kingston, 9 December 1812

She participated in the capture of York, 27 April 1813, and the capture of Fort George, 27 May 1813

Governor Tompkins participated in the running engagements with the British squadron 7 and 11 August 1813; and, in a long-range engagement 11 September when the two squadrons again joined battle in York Bay, 28 September 1813, forcing the British squadron to flee

The American's continued to blockade the British squadron at Kingston while dispatching LT. Jesse D. Elliott to Lake Erie to establish a naval base there

Elliott's hard work until winter closed the Lakes to navigation, laid the groundwork for COMO. Perry's great victory in the Battle of Lake Erie the following year

Governor Tompkins was laid up at Sacket's Harbor on close of the War of 1812. She was sold 15 May 1815

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 96 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hull unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 40
Armament six guns
Propulsion Sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
098692301	153k	*Namesake* Daniel D. Tompkins (June 21, 1774 – June 11, 1825) was the fifth governor of New York from 1807 to 1817, and the sixth vice president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. Photograph of a portrait of Daniel D. Tompins, Attributed to John Wesley Jarvis (1780–1840) - Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Yonkers, NY (Wikipedia)		Tommy Trampp

Governor Tompkins
Dictionary of American Naval Fight Ships (DANFS)

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