HMS General Hunter

HMS General Hunter was a 10-gun brig of the Upper Canada Provincial Marine then, in 1813, the Royal Navy for their squadron on Lake Erie. She was ordered and built as a schooner in 1806 to replace Hope, a Provincial Marine vessel that had run aground in 1805. General Hunter was launched in 1807, entering service that year. With the outbreak of the War of 1812, General Hunter was converted to a brig and rearmed. As part of the Lake Erie squadron, General Hunter was present at the Battle of Lake Erie where the United States Navy defeated the British and gained control of the lake. General Hunter was captured at the battle and taken into American service. With the ship's name shortened to Hunter, she was used as a transport for the rest of the war. Following the war, the ship was sold into mercantile service. In 1816, the ship ran aground in a storm on Lake Huron and wrecked. The ship's contents were salvaged, but the wreck was left to be buried under the sand. In 2004, the wreck became the site of archaeological excavations and artifacts were retrieved from the site and placed in museums.

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schooner, gun-brig, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

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1812-06-18T00:00:00Z

1812-06-18T00:00:00Z

War of 1812

1807-01-01T00:00:00Z

1807-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1806-01-01T00:00:00Z

1806-01-01T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

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