Also known as:

HMS ANSON

Year of Build:

1759

Official Number:

FRENCH

Built at:

Point Baril, ONT

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

L. P. de Courval Cresse

Original Owner and Location:

French Navy, St. Lawrence River

Length:

80'

Beam:

0'

Depth:

0'

Final Location:

20 miles downstream from Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence River.

Date:

1761

How:

Struck shoal.

Notes:

Sunk after hitting shoal on St. Lawrence River.

1759 Built for French Fleet, St. Lawrence River.

1759 Part of defence force, Fort Niagra's loss to British.

1760, Aug Damaged on shoal & scuttled at Fort Levis (near Ogdensburg, NY).

1760, Sep Raised, repaired by British after capture of Fort Levis, renamed ANSON.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie