Built at:

Oswego, NY

Vessel Type:

Other

Note: Floating Artillery Battery. Octagon form; carried 2 guns, but able to carry 16.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Builder Name:

William Cooper

Master Carpenter:

Richard Cooper, Superintendent

Original Owner and Location:

William Cooper, Cooperstown, NY.

Final Location:

Sandy Creek, Mexico Bay.
Lake Ontario.

Date:

6 Jul 1813

How:

Storm.

Notes:

Broke up & sank 5 or 6 miles offshore. Bound Oswego - Sacketts Harbor.

1813 Built as floating fortress to protect Sacketts Harbor during War of 1812.

1813, Jul 6 Sank.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley