Also known as:

GLADWIN

Year of Build:

1763

Official Number:

BRITISH

Built at:

Niagara, NY

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Note: 2guns, 2 swivels

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Theis

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

60'

Beam:

14'

Depth:

7'

Tonnage (old style):

80

Final Location:

Lake Erie.

Date:

1768

How:

Wrecked.

Notes:

Lost with all hands; foundered in gale after her commander refused to take on ballast.

Build Navy Island, Niagara River.

1761 Launched Black Rock, first decked ship on the Lakes since GRIFFON

(1679).

1763 Picked up Captain Montresor's expedition from wrecked sloop MICHEGON to Detroit to break Indian siege; Pontiac attacked them at siege of Fort Detroit.

1768 Wrecked, Lake Erie.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie