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38: 994: 989: 291: 269:, Lake Ontario. In 1814, 'The Lady of the Lake' was used as a look-out vessel between the Gallows & Kingston after the ice broke up. On Apr 24, 1814, she ran close into Kingston, Ontario while noting and reporting the condition of the Enemy’s current fleet, new ship builds in progress and batteries. For the remainder of the war she carried dispatches between 199:, the schooner was seldom used as she was designed. Instead she saw considerable action on the Great Lakes throughout the War of 1812. Actively employed in Chauncey's squadron, she assisted in the assault on 230:
in an inconclusive, three-hour-long range battle in Lake Ontario. She fought again with the squadron 17 days later off York in a short but fierce engagement that forced the British to retreat into
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on 16 June and then operated as a dispatch and supply boat throughout the summer. On 11 September, the schooner was part of the American squadron that engaged the British under Captain
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on 27 May, once again carrying troops and using her gun to advantage. She wreaked havoc among the English troops and forced them to withdraw, blowing up the fort behind them.
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Following the end of the War of 1812, she was placed in ordinary at Sackets Harbor and remained there until sold at public auction on 2 February 1826.
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1. Letter from Commodore Chauncey, to the Secretary of the Navy, dated April 25, 1814 from U.S. Ship General Pike, Sackett’s Harbor.
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In her last combat on 5 October 1813, she assisted three other American ships in attacking and capturing British schooners
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Lady of the Lake (disambiguation)
Henry Eckford
Schooner
long tons
United States Navy
War of 1812
Sacketts Harbor, New York
Sailing Master
Commodore
Isaac Chauncey
Lake Ontario
Niagara
York
Henry Dearborn
attack on Fort George
Brighton, Ontario
Sir James Yeo
Burlington Bay
Confiance
Hamilton
Mary
cutter
HMS Drummond
False Ducks
Sackets Harbor
Fort Niagara
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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