DIANA (1809, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DIANA
Also known as:
HAMILTON
Year of Build:
1809
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Henry Eagle
Original Owner and Location:
Matthew McNair, Oswego, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
112
Final Disposition
Final Location:
6 Miles off Port Dalhousie, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
18 Aug 1813
How:
Capsized.
Notes:
Caught in line squall, capsized along with schooner SCOURGE; up to 100 lives lost. 1975 Wreck located by Royal Ontario Museum.
History
Chronology:

1809 Built Oswego, NY; merchant vessel.

1812 Purchased by U. S. Navy; renamed HAMILTON, (Paul Hamilton, Secretary of the Navy) outfitted as warship, 10 guns.

1813, Aug 18 Lost in storm while waiting for an attack on Toronto (York) ONT.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Inland Seas, Great Lakes Historical Society
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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